Webbing bridles - Do they break under strain

[Mossy]

Has anyone any experience of getting hooked up on a gate or other obstacle when using a webbing bridle? I accidentally got a leather bridle hooked up on a gate fastening and it broke, leaving me with nothing worse than a bill and a long walk home. Webbing headcollars do not break which is why some are deliberately made with breaking rings. I would love a webbing bridle for the convenience but if there is a possibility of a serious accident will stay with leather and lots of saddle soap.
Please see extra message to this below Dreamer's reply. if anyone else has misunderstoood then i apologise

[This message has been edited by Mossy (edited 16 January 2000).]

[dreamer]

I hope this doesn't sound like I'm trying to scold you or anything, or say that you deliberatly put your horses in a dangerous situaion, but your horse shouldn't be tied or standing in an area there it could get caught up by rubbing or tossing his head (I have had my gelding decide that the door was a good place to rubb his head after a ride while I was seting him saddle out of the eay and got caught and broke my bridle so I know acadents can happen and we learn from them) Leather bridles break easer than web bridle in most cases. that's why the break away nilon halters have leater incerst in them. many of thease web bridles are quite a bit cheeper than leather ones, though there are some cheep leather bridles as well. It depends on what you want. I think web bridles like nilon might be easer to care for, I stick my nilon halters in the washer, and they will be stronger than leather bridles if stiched right, how ever they might not break if the horse gets tangled. Leather bridles have a bit more upkeep to them, but sometimes you can find them for the same price as nilon bridles, and these will normally break if the horse gets caught up. hope I helped

[Mossy]

Dreamer
Thankyou for your reply and concern about my horse's welfare. The reason I asked the question was because I was negotiating a rider friendly gate from horseback when hacking and the gate fastening extension by some mischance became hooked between the cheekpiece and the animal's head. It was a freak situation which could happen to any one of us at any time. I have been riding and negotiating gates for 40 years and it is the first and hopefully the last time it has happened to me. That is the reason i asked the question. If you or anybody else misunderstood the reason for me asking the question i hope this clarifies the issue

[dreamer]

I didn't mean to sound lecturing, I know stuff like that tends to happen when you have an animal that has a mind of his/her own. My gelding tends to get into trouble when ever posible, I always tell my friends that he'd find a way to hurt himself in a padded stall :D I always have to watch because he'll untie himself if left for anylength of time without supervision, wich rouls out tieing him to the trailor at shows, and he tends to like to chew things. he's become quite good at catching the reins in his mouth if you're siting on him with loose reins. I've lossed many a good show rains from that.