Covid 19
Despite almost a year of Covid we do seem to have been very productive and "carried on regardless"
Who knew you could do lots of clinics and lectures online without getting out of your pyjamas !!
I have revamped this site and re read all my training books, bought new ones and done lots of online learning as well, hopefully keeping my brain up to scratch
Thank you to all who have booked clinics, rearranged clinics and re arranged again and cheerfully chatted on WhatsApp, Email and on the phone its certainly kept me going
Hilary xx
Despite almost a year of Covid we do seem to have been very productive and "carried on regardless"
Who knew you could do lots of clinics and lectures online without getting out of your pyjamas !!
I have revamped this site and re read all my training books, bought new ones and done lots of online learning as well, hopefully keeping my brain up to scratch
Thank you to all who have booked clinics, rearranged clinics and re arranged again and cheerfully chatted on WhatsApp, Email and on the phone its certainly kept me going
Hilary xx
Hilary with Gordon
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This website is the work of Hilary Vernon who has over the last 19 years worked as a full time Bitting Clinician travelling over the U.K and parts of Europe lecturing and demonstrating the art of Bits and Bitting
Hilary has spent 32 years in the Saddlery Trade having started the original Bit Bank and began designing bits for TBB; she is also a qualified Riding Instructor, a Saddle fitter, an equestrian author and a keen Rider and Carriage Driver.
Hilary has spent 32 years in the Saddlery Trade having started the original Bit Bank and began designing bits for TBB; she is also a qualified Riding Instructor, a Saddle fitter, an equestrian author and a keen Rider and Carriage Driver.
Time patience and repetition are the best training methods
Hilary has her own Informed Designs bitting range and carries other selected bit ranges that she has tried and tested over the years or has had a design input into such as Rotary Happy Mouth Myler and Bomber
A Horse is just a natural creature
it is never going to respond well to being bundled into restrictive equipment
it is never going to respond well to being bundled into restrictive equipment
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Your Horses tack should enhance movement not restrict
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Your tack should be supple and soft against your horses skin
Recommended Retailers
Bitting Consultants authorised to stock my bits and trained to give Bitting advice
Me obviously ! email: hilaryinformedbittingvernon@gmail.com
Based in Oxfordshire
mobile: 07775 851051 if you are in my phone I will call you back if not email is better
I am still traveling to all my existing customers in all the counties I go to and am taking on selected new clients in
other areas
Mary Wastie
Higher Advanced Level Bitting Consultant
Based in Scotland
07800 558636 Facebook: Horse Bitting Consultants www.horsebittingconsultants.co.uk
Mary covers Scotland and the Borders and some of Northern England and runs Bitting Days Bitting Clinics and Lectures on Bits and Bitting
Laura Wright
Advanced Level Bitting Consultant
Based in Berkshire
07747 830976 Facebook LAW Bitting Solutions email lawequine@hotmail.co.uk
Laura and I met years ago when we did the first session on one of her lovely Dressage Ponies
Laura has an established client base with all her other Equine work and being a Bitting Consultant was a natural progression for her to offer more to her clients
Lucy Evans
Level 2 Bitting Consultant
Eastern Equine Therapy
Based in Lincolnshire and Portugal
07890 135218
Services
"Lucy is a certified equine therapist based in Lincolnshire, but also covers Norfolk and Portugal on a regular basis. She uses a range of soft-tissue modalities and also uses thermography and red light therapy in her treatments. Lucy attended one of my Bitting workshops which opened her eyes to the complexities of head and mouth conformation and bits, and hasn't looked back. Following training with me, she now also offers bitting consultations and sales, which are complemented by her experience and knowledge of the physical therapies."
Lucy has a wide customer base and covers surrounding areas to Lincolnshire including Norfolk and parts of Suffolk
Nickatie Morgan
Bitting Consultant
Based in Herefordshire
www.nickatie.com 07866474041
Nickatie become an Equine Muscle Release Therapist graduating in 2004. Since then she has done other courses to complement the soft tissue and facial release work that she does. Her clients ranging from local owners with one horse to high level competition riders as well as breeding studs producing some fantastic dressage and event prospects. In 2019 Nickatie met Hilary and was so impressed by the changes with her own horse in her bits she decided to pursue things further and asked Hilary to train her and Hilary agreed !
Nickatie has a wonderful client base in a wide range of areas Wales, Shropshire, Cheshire, Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire and is prepared to travel
Leisa Calder
Bitting Consultant
Based in Hampshire
07742 412905 Bit by Bit infoatbitbybit@gmail.com facebook https://www.facebook.com/Bit-by-Bit-100151161360267/
I first met Hilary Vernon when she came to do a clinic at a livery yard I was running & it was a bit of a ‘lightbulb moment’.We spend a fortune on saddle fit & physios,but rarely consider the physiology of the horses mouth,how it connects to the rest of the body & how much it influences their way of going,yet it is one of the major routes of communication from rider to horse.I was delighted when Hilary offered to train me to fit her bits & give me the opportunity to make many more horses comfortable in their mouths & improve that line of communication.
Leisa is based in a couple of areas at the moment and can cover Staffordshire and surrounding counties just ask her she has done a lot of traveling lately on her bitting quests
Lucy Russel
Bitting Consultant
Based in New Zealand
2021
Areas with qualified Bitting Consultants soon to be on the road
I have been quietly training a few more people even though no one can finish the final stages without doing the last of the hands on clinics but we are getting there
It is very important to me to get the right levels of expertise with any new consultant so I do a lot of training and preparation work to make sure I get the right people
So I have for 2021 Consultants nearly ready in
N Wales
Cheshire
Lancashire
Staffordshire
E and W Sussex
Kent
Ireland
Retailers authorised to stock my bits
Horse Bit Bank The Horse Bit Bank 01609 777145 sales@horsebitbank.com www.horsebitbank.com
Me obviously ! email: hilaryinformedbittingvernon@gmail.com
Based in Oxfordshire
mobile: 07775 851051 if you are in my phone I will call you back if not email is better
I am still traveling to all my existing customers in all the counties I go to and am taking on selected new clients in
other areas
Mary Wastie
Higher Advanced Level Bitting Consultant
Based in Scotland
07800 558636 Facebook: Horse Bitting Consultants www.horsebittingconsultants.co.uk
Mary covers Scotland and the Borders and some of Northern England and runs Bitting Days Bitting Clinics and Lectures on Bits and Bitting
Laura Wright
Advanced Level Bitting Consultant
Based in Berkshire
07747 830976 Facebook LAW Bitting Solutions email lawequine@hotmail.co.uk
Laura and I met years ago when we did the first session on one of her lovely Dressage Ponies
Laura has an established client base with all her other Equine work and being a Bitting Consultant was a natural progression for her to offer more to her clients
Lucy Evans
Level 2 Bitting Consultant
Eastern Equine Therapy
Based in Lincolnshire and Portugal
07890 135218
Services
"Lucy is a certified equine therapist based in Lincolnshire, but also covers Norfolk and Portugal on a regular basis. She uses a range of soft-tissue modalities and also uses thermography and red light therapy in her treatments. Lucy attended one of my Bitting workshops which opened her eyes to the complexities of head and mouth conformation and bits, and hasn't looked back. Following training with me, she now also offers bitting consultations and sales, which are complemented by her experience and knowledge of the physical therapies."
Lucy has a wide customer base and covers surrounding areas to Lincolnshire including Norfolk and parts of Suffolk
Nickatie Morgan
Bitting Consultant
Based in Herefordshire
www.nickatie.com 07866474041
Nickatie become an Equine Muscle Release Therapist graduating in 2004. Since then she has done other courses to complement the soft tissue and facial release work that she does. Her clients ranging from local owners with one horse to high level competition riders as well as breeding studs producing some fantastic dressage and event prospects. In 2019 Nickatie met Hilary and was so impressed by the changes with her own horse in her bits she decided to pursue things further and asked Hilary to train her and Hilary agreed !
Nickatie has a wonderful client base in a wide range of areas Wales, Shropshire, Cheshire, Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire and is prepared to travel
Leisa Calder
Bitting Consultant
Based in Hampshire
07742 412905 Bit by Bit infoatbitbybit@gmail.com facebook https://www.facebook.com/Bit-by-Bit-100151161360267/
I first met Hilary Vernon when she came to do a clinic at a livery yard I was running & it was a bit of a ‘lightbulb moment’.We spend a fortune on saddle fit & physios,but rarely consider the physiology of the horses mouth,how it connects to the rest of the body & how much it influences their way of going,yet it is one of the major routes of communication from rider to horse.I was delighted when Hilary offered to train me to fit her bits & give me the opportunity to make many more horses comfortable in their mouths & improve that line of communication.
Leisa is based in a couple of areas at the moment and can cover Staffordshire and surrounding counties just ask her she has done a lot of traveling lately on her bitting quests
Lucy Russel
Bitting Consultant
Based in New Zealand
2021
Areas with qualified Bitting Consultants soon to be on the road
I have been quietly training a few more people even though no one can finish the final stages without doing the last of the hands on clinics but we are getting there
It is very important to me to get the right levels of expertise with any new consultant so I do a lot of training and preparation work to make sure I get the right people
So I have for 2021 Consultants nearly ready in
N Wales
Cheshire
Lancashire
Staffordshire
E and W Sussex
Kent
Ireland
Retailers authorised to stock my bits
Horse Bit Bank The Horse Bit Bank 01609 777145 sales@horsebitbank.com www.horsebitbank.com
We do not bit to hurt but to handle.
Brands Carried
In order to assure that we have enough variety to bit a broad spectrum of Horses and Ponies we have always carried a variety of brands
I only made my own bits because I could not find all the mouthpieces and all the cheeks that I needed to do a good job
But we also carry
Bomber Bits
Happy Mouth Bits
Rotary Bits
Myler Bits
and my own
Informed Designs
Bridle Work and Saddle Checks
We have always for years automatically in the course of a consultation checked Bridle work [bridle fit, head pressure points and noseband tension] and Saddle [discussing saddle fit and balance] Girth fit and suitability and give recommendations for all if needed We do not however try to persuade you to change your tack if it is not warranted or where a couple of tweeks could make a difference
In order to assure that we have enough variety to bit a broad spectrum of Horses and Ponies we have always carried a variety of brands
I only made my own bits because I could not find all the mouthpieces and all the cheeks that I needed to do a good job
But we also carry
Bomber Bits
Happy Mouth Bits
Rotary Bits
Myler Bits
and my own
Informed Designs
Bridle Work and Saddle Checks
We have always for years automatically in the course of a consultation checked Bridle work [bridle fit, head pressure points and noseband tension] and Saddle [discussing saddle fit and balance] Girth fit and suitability and give recommendations for all if needed We do not however try to persuade you to change your tack if it is not warranted or where a couple of tweeks could make a difference
A Bitting talk at the start of the day with cake !
Shopping
Please think carefully before buying anything, some of my products are hand made and occasionally it takes a little while to restock
I am always happy to refund if this happens but do try to communicate well by email if you have not received goods quite as quickly as I would like it does not happen often but it does happen
However if you buy a bit from me on line and then decide to send it back there will be a restocking fee of £10
©Hilary Vernon Informed Designs and Informed Bitting
Please think carefully before buying anything, some of my products are hand made and occasionally it takes a little while to restock
I am always happy to refund if this happens but do try to communicate well by email if you have not received goods quite as quickly as I would like it does not happen often but it does happen
However if you buy a bit from me on line and then decide to send it back there will be a restocking fee of £10
©Hilary Vernon Informed Designs and Informed Bitting
