The surfaix will be used if you want to use a reining or when breaking in a foal, to get it used to having something on its back & to be gored. Attaching the lead rope to the surfaix (by passing it through the ring of the bit) also helps to promote a good bend The surfaix is placed on a padd or, simply, on a saddle pad to avoid hurting your horse. Training : Educational elastics or pirellis: very soft, they indicate to the horse the right position to adapt. They are easy to adjust & have the added advantage of being inexpensive. The fixed gogue: thanks to its pulley system & its pressure on the nape of the neck, it will help the horse to get into a good attitude (at least, at the level of the head-neck angle). The pessoa: this training is more complete but also more constraining than the previous ones. It must be carefully adjusted to avoid being more harmful than anything else & should only be used by expert hands on horses that are already well muscled.