bridle-wise

'Halter-broke and bridle-wise,' the Chauffeur gloated, while she performed that dreadful, menial task.

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They were broken bridle-wise, and perhaps had been ridden a few times.

Ranching, Sport and Travel Thomas Carson

A bridle-wise horse is guided by pressing the opposite rein against his neck.

Outdoor Sports and Games Claude H. Miller

Among these colts was a three-year-old that had never been shod and was scarcely bridle-wise.

The valley campaigns : being the reminiscences of a non-combatant while between the lines in the Shenandoah Valley during the war of the states, 1914

'Halter-broke and bridle-wise,' the Chauffeur gloated, while she performed that dreadful, menial task.

The Scarlet Plague 1912

They did as I suggested and I then rode him about until he appeared used to the saddle and bit and already, at once, bridle-wise.

Andivius Hedulio Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire Edward Lucas White 1900

"Not if you're bridle-wise, Captain Selwyn," she returned sweetly.

The Younger Set 1899

And the boys are to be made bridle-wise, _plains-broke_ for future freighting.

Vanguards of the Plains Margaret Hill McCarter 1899

"Ef ye ain't a-hankerin 'fur me ter ride that thar filly, ez air ez bridle-wise ez ye be, jes' let's see ye kem on, an '-- hender!"

The Young Mountaineers Short Stories Mary Noailles Murfree 1886

But then there came along this Mariana Goodnight girl and looked at Perry sideways, and he was all bridle-wise and saddle-broke before you could skin a yearling.

Roads of Destiny O. Henry 1886