Apex domains cannot have CNAME records.
Question and response
Question
dig bridlesnbits.com. NS
Answer
bridlesnbits.com. 3 NS ns2.bridlesnbits.com.
bridlesnbits.com. 3 NS ns1.bridlesnbits.com.
Authority
The response has no authority records.
Additional
ns1.bridlesnbits.com. 3 A 78.138.96.132
ns2.bridlesnbits.com. 3 A 5.135.50.148
. 0 OPT ; payload 1232, xrcode 0, version 0, flags 0