Hackamore

She put the chestnut through his paces—walk, trot, canter, change leads, round turns—until she was satisfied the horse was working nicely and responding well to the pressure of the hackamore. ❋ Janet Dailey (2011)

The barn was full of hay dust and horse smells, shadowed and cool, as Sharon led the chestnut into his stall and clipped on his halter before removing the hackamore. ❋ Janet Dailey (2011)

The pinto was lathered some and Two Spuds was riding bareback, using a rope hackamore instead of a bridle. ❋ Jack Todd (2010)

When the horse was through drinking, he turned it loose in the corral, drooped the hackamore over a hook on the porch, lifted the gunnysack with its mysterious burden. ❋ Jack Todd (2010)

The animal shied, but he had ahold of the hackamore, and he bounced and dragged himself to where he could grab the pommel. ❋ Unknown (2007)

One hiker slipped and was saved when she grabbed a rope tied to a burro's hackamore. ❋ Unknown (2006)

There's usually a procession of riders, the best dressed, undoubtedly the criollos, leading the pack, followed by lesser mortals, and finally a kid on a donkey without even a hackamore. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Carmen let loose of her hackamore, and she walked, trotted, and then kicked sideways with a squeal before she settled down and went through the gate. ❋ Dusty Richards (2004)

And besides, the saddle and hackamore were old, very plain, well-worn. ❋ Lackey, Mercedes (2001)

Reins dangled from the bridle-no, it was a bitless hackamore, he saw. ❋ Lackey, Mercedes (2001)

With that accomplished, the question is how to spread that sense of worthiness to a greater audience-one that doesn't necessarily read novels, or at least novels that don't put quotations in quotation marks and that toss around words like gutta-percha, incoordinate, and hackamore. ❋ Unknown (2000)

No, not bridle; Silver still wore the hackamore he'd had on the picket-line. ❋ Lackey, Mercedes (1999)

Her hands, swollen, stiff, and painful, were clumsy with the harness, but Kessira was patient while Tarma struggled with the straps, not even tossing her gray head in an effort to avoid the hackamore as she usually did. ❋ Lackey, Mercedes (1998)

No dyheli would ever subject himself to the indignity of a bit and bridle; however, they did allow a modified hackamore, similar to that worn by Companions, and a saddle-pad to cover their protruding backbones. ❋ Lackey, Mercedes (1998)