Collegiate ComFITec Fancy Stitch Bridle Color: Brown Size: Full

The bridle itself is wonderful. I spent months trying to convince myself to finally shell out for a PS of Sweden. The week I finally was about to do it, Collegiate came out with this bridle, and I immediately wanted this one as an affordable alternative. I've had Collegiate bridles in the past and loved the quality of leather for the price. After getting some measurements from Collegiate I ordered through SmartPak. Once I (finally) got the bridle, it was perfect. Lovely color, a touch stiff at first but broke in within days. The arches and nose piece were super soft and bendable immediately. My TB tends to be all three sizes at once (Oversized Browband, horse to large cob headstall, cob noseband) and this bridle actually fit. We have several holes in the cheek pieces to shorten or lengthen, the browband is 16" (this is usually considered oversized, but suits us great), and noseband has a lot of options to make sure it fits just how I want it. The one downside is I would like a thinner throat latch. It keeps getting drier than the rest of the leather and I think is wider than the cheek pieces. And, didn't come with reins. But I'm thrilled with my purchase besides. I did have a few shipping and communication issues early in my purchase, both with Collegiate and SmartPak, but I did eventually get the bridle shipped and noted it had been overnighted to me no charge from SmartPak when initially Collegiate was supposed to ship directly, so I do appreciate SmartPak's efforts to fix a frustrating situation.