On 11/1/07, Janice McDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am a believer that anytime you go to something less "severe"  you
> should be really careful...  I knew a seemingly really well trained
> obedient dead broke walking horse that had been ridden all his life in
> a severe long shanked walking horse bit that was sold to someone who
> put him in a dee ring snaffle and he bolted, became a bolter in fact.
> But he had been raised and trained and ridden all his life by one man,
> so I imagine the new owner had some new ways about her that seemed
> scarey/frustrating/surprising to him, then the new bit...


Hmmmm, I wonder if that's what happened with Orri.  He was ridden with
a one jointed snaffle on a very tight rein by his male trainer, then
along came wimpy me and his new bit with 2 joints and a loose rein.
V

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