> 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?
 
 
 
Welll chuckle... I'm now ridding a somehwere near 17 hand grey TB and 
schooling her.. she's been leased with purchase option by some gals trying to 
run a school at the stables.. and one of the gals turned to me and asked for 
help..
 
I've got in about 3 serious rides.. and we've just progressed to the trot.. 
Lord I've got this mare so relaxed I need better legs for her.. ;)
 
I'm cheating on some of the round pen stuff since the pen is so small.. and 
she's so big.. but it's still working.. ;) 
 
 
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