Styles
The term fiador refers to different styles of equipment in different parts of the western hemisphere. In the United States and Canada, the fiador is a type of throatlatch used on heavier styles of bosal hackamore. This design crosses over the horse's head at the poll, with a knot under the jawbones, and attaches to the hackamore at the noseband or bosal. The knot under the jaw is usually a fiador knot, and the fiador may have a second fiador knot at the point where it attaches to the heel knot of the bosal.
The fiador is attached to a headstall via a common (shared) browband, and its opposite end is tied to the bottom of a noseband or bosal, leaving a small loop. Seen in some nations on both bridles and hackamores, in the United States and Canada it is used only on a bosal hackamore. This style of fiador functions as a throatlatch, and is attached either above or below the mecate reins. It is often made of cordage and tied in a fiador knot under the jaw. South American styles differ from those used in North America.
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