I read that back in the 1800's in London, the debate about with/without
blinkers raged. A large firm (delivery) decided that blinkers were
unnecessary, and took them off all their teams. From then on they
operated without them, and never had a problem...

Some countries/regions in Europe traditionally went blinkerless, I have
also heard that it is a more recent (the last 100 years) trend.
I have my stallion being trained to harness currently, and he will be
trained initially in an open bitless bridle, then in blinkers, sometimes
bitless, sometimes not. I wouldn't bother with blinkers (or a bit), but
to get out and compete, in Australia we HAVE to have both. At home he
will be driven without either.
Adie

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> --- In bitlessbridle@ yahoogroups. com
> <mailto:bitlessbrid le%40yahoogroups .com>, "cayusecorral" <hdfarm@...>
> wrote:
> >Hi: No he is using blinkers as am I. My horses were all trained with
> blinkers and I don't find them to be a problem anyway. A lot of people
> are training now without blinkers though and it certainly does work. I
> beleive draft horses were driven blinkerless years ago before it
> became the new thing to do today, correct me if I am wrong.
>
> Margaret F
>
> > Congrats !
> > I'm curious to know......is this new bitless convert also driving
> without blinders ?
> > I am training a horse right now, bitless and blinderless. I'd like
> to know what others are doing in this respect ?
> > thanks
> > Diane
> >
> > --- In bitlessbridle@ yahoogroups. com
> <mailto:bitlessbrid le%40yahoogroups .com>, "rfairfield12000"
> <rfairfield12000@ > wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi: As the list has had very little action lately thought I'd let
> you know that maybe we have a new convert to bitless. He is a mini
> driver and after having problems with one of his two minis in the
> mouth he looked at my bitless and has decided to try it. Will keep all
> posted on how it goes. He is a fairly new horse owner and driver so
> doesn't have the hang ups that a lot of horse people do on the subject
> and is willing to give it a try.
> > >
> > > Margaret F
> > >
> >
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