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Become a certified Bridle Fitting Professional with the PBF professional bridle fitting education. 

This in-depth training is the essential foundation for anyone wishing to continue toward the ICPBC Bit Fitting Education and become a true expert in contact issues.

For over a decade, the ICPBC has set the international standard in both bridle and bitfitting and equine contact analysis.

This isn’t a quick commercial course — it’s a professional education designed for those who want to understand why things happen, not just the basics. Our students learn to see, feel, and interpret the subtle signals of the horse — and to translate that knowledge into improved comfort, freedom, and balance while using all different brands of bridles. Yes we are independent of any brand. 

What Makes This Course Unique?

This program is built on experience gained from assessing thousands of horses with various contact issues — many showing remarkable improvement simply by adjusting parts of the bridle.

Developed by Natascha van Eijk in collaboration with equine veterinarians and osteopaths, the course integrates anatomy, biomechanics, and osteopathic principles, providing a scientific and practical foundation to understand the true causes of contact and balance problems.

This program begins with creating knowledge of osteology, physiology and neurology of the horses head and neck in the first module.  Knowledge of how a muscles on the horses head and neck develops and how posture of head and neck affects optimal bridle fit. This to make you understand the why horses all differ from each other and why these individual differences are of upmost importance with the right fit of bridle. Why do some horse react on some parts of the bridle and others don't. How come a bridle that looks perfect in fit while the horse is not moving will nog guarantee the succes of the bridle once the horse is moving?

The second part is all about the how parts of the bridle can create more balance and stability and how the bridle relates to what is learned in part one about the anatomy and biomechanics

The third part is where the measurements and evidence of the effect of bridles is shown.

The last part is about the what good bridle fitting is about. The students that have all the info of the former modules have a range of bridle fits and emphasis is on providing the best solution for the individual horse and of course the rider.  In the online part there are examples shown. But of course the best way to  look at the whole horse and rider as a biomechanics combination is also sign in for the practical days or  to follow the anatomical and biomechanics courses that we will offer soon in 2022. These all have there emphasis on improving contact issues.