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Overtightened nosebands are very common, in-fact in a recent study (O. Doherty) showed that amongst a study of 750 competition horses, only 7% had the noseband ...fitted according to the 2 finger rule The way to create change? Present more research! So, we want to share this very important article with you this weekend, as we are so grateful for the continued research around noseband tightness. The aim of the current preliminary, opportunistic study was to evaluate archived radiographs of equine nasal bones for evidence of trauma such as bone deposition, bone lysis, changes in bone homogeneity, bone fractures or soft tissue swelling and to test whether age, sex or breed were risk factors for such changes. Thank you to F. Crago*, O. James, G. Shea, K. Schemann, and P. McGreevy for your research in this area. Still so much more to be done, but it's heading in the right direction. Do you follow the two finger rule when fitting your horse's noseband?