BK>> BK> There is no substitute for proper training.
I agree but I want to feel safe while I'm training and while I'm
teaching a horse to respond to leg and seat.  If the horse was trained
with extremely harsh (to me) bits and spurs with rowels you have and
animal that ignores bits and legs and a slightly harsher bit than the
snaffle can make a big difference.
BK>Very ambigous since there is so many differing curb bits. My show bit is 
o
  >mild I'd put it in Tush's mouth without any fear.. there's very little 
ort
  >and
  >there isn't much leverage that you can put on the horse's mouth.
BK>The single main issue is that a Kimberwick can be exceptionally harsh.. 
nd
  >frankly I completely disagree with having to depend on a bit in the first
  >place. 
I agree with Vickie in that the Kimberwick is not any harsher than most
of the curbs I see used and in many cases much milder.  Neither one
should be used by untrained hands and there are a lot of people out
there that need to be taught to get off the horses mouth.
Debby
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