At the endurance ride, we were parked next to some pleasure riders at
the camp with their Rocky Mountain horses. All of the horses were
gorgeous and also seemed very calm and comfortable in the camp.
One couple had brought a young gelding and requested help from another
more knowledgable friend to put the bridle on him because he was
resisting the bit. It was a weird leverage bit. If I was the horse I
wouldn't want it in my mouth either. From the outside it looked like a
d-ring snaffle, but it had a port. It may have been something like a
kimberwick. I will have to search my catalog for a picture.
Anyway, I asked them why they didn't try a regular english snaffle or
french link (or a milder bit period) and they insisted it was just a
snaffle and was a standard walking horse bit.
Ugh...the poor gelding was so nice and didn't need all that leverage to
begin with. Here is another situation where people have gaited horses
and think they need special equipment
-Kristen
