On 06/12/2007, Robyn Hood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Judy > >>>why do you think the horses would be opening their mouths in > the cases that you have seen? > > I don't really know - they weren't necessarily horses that I had seen do it > with a bit.
I'm curious. When a horse is ventroflexed harshly, is it possible that the mouth is opened as a reflex reaction? Are there muscles that would cause that to happen when a horse is forced to 'star gaze'?? Wanda