A hackamore is a bitless bridle that is good for young horses or horses with sensitive mouths. Rather than a bit, it loops around the muzzle and act with pressure on the poll and the face, rather than the usually magnified pressure of a bit. A hackmore goes on a horse the same as a bridle.
Hackamores are bridles without bits, so you do not put bits on them.
A Mechanical Hackamore has shanks and puts pressure on the poll and chin much like a curb bit does minus the pressure in the mouth. The mechanical hackamore is more severe. The hackamore hasa simple bosal nose peice. A bosal has no shanks. It is more like a halter with a very stiff noseband
in a barn
the hackamore should fit on the horse where a nose band would go for an English bridle. not lower, not higher. the bar should touch the chin of the horse.
Hackamore
A bitless bridle, used for training young horses, often western ones but there are English variations.
Luis Birabent Ortega has written: 'California hackamore' -- subject(s): Horses, Hackamore, Training
a hackamore is a bridle without a bit
Although many tack catalogs list Hackamores with the bits they are actually nosebands. The hackamore noseband can be made of several different things and that will affect their severity. A bicycle chain hackamore shouldn't be used by anyone. So long as the Hackamore is adjusted properly and used correctly then it's not going to be sever, but used in the wrong way and it can break a horses nasal bones.
A bitless bridle is a hackamore
yes, it has rings to attach to the cheeks of the bridle. You may have to make some alternations to the length of the cheek pieces to get the proper adjustment.
bridle, halter, hackamore... there are alot of different headpieces.