BK>  
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 BK> I wouldn't care what it was.. I can't wait to get a few 
 BK> bucks to buy the tack and start driving her with a rig 
 BK> on instead of a suringal and halter.
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 BK> I keep forgetting to bit her up.. I need to deal with that soon.
 
     Bit her up?  Are you driving her with a halter?
     A few years ago I went to Greenway saddlery, universally accepted in the 
Phoenix area to employ THE experts in English tack.  I asked them for the 
mildest bit available as Spot was generally unhappy being ridden with a curb 
bit, however mild, after being driven with a simple full cheek snaffle.  They 
sold me a snaffle with TWO hinges, and I use it when she is in a Western 
saddle, primarily because she's the horse I can put ANYONE on and I would 
like to make it as easy on her as possible.  Stacey called it some kind of a 
school bit...not schooling bit, it was named after some school whose name I 
can't recall.  
     Would you use something like that on her?  When I ride either of the 
Appies I use a copper-covered snaffle for English.  I don't trust Dub on the 
trail with a snaffle, I use a curb on him only because he can be clever about 
exerting his will if you are the least bit careless (i.e., let you attention 
wander.)  Casey is headstrong and I use a Kimberwicke on him; when Ralph 
takes him out he uses a snaffle.  But Ralph is stronger and more patient than 
I am; when I want a horse to stop it is not a MULTIPLE-CHOICE question.
     Is she getting close to horse-sized now?
--- Maximus/2 3.00
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