DT :>I agree with Vickie in that the Kimberwick is not any
DT :>harsher than most
DT :>of the curbs I see used and in many cases much milder.
DT :>Neither one
DT :>should be used by untrained hands and there are a lot of
DT :>people out
DT :>there that need to be taught to get off the horses mouth.
The point exactly!  Not too many bits, if used in trained hands, are overly 
severe.  However, it's the poor horses who wind up in severe bits due to 
rough handling of their mouths that I have a problem with.  And rarely is it 
the rider who's blamed...always the horse!  And it's punishment for having 
been mis-ridden is to get a harsher bit.  Is there something wrong with this 
picture?
Meg  
 
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