Re: bits allowed for evaluations

This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 5/16/2006 10:22:12 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Guess what? I have a 6 yo mare who has nothing noticeable or technically wrong w/ her mouth + palate, (even did a bit seat for her) but she is VERY sensitive

Re: bits allowed for evaluations

This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ah, but the a Kimberwick DOES come in a low port. And if used on the full ring or the upper slot, there is no leverage. So... Why does it not qualify as a snaffle? According to what I understand from reading the USEF/USDF rules, the problem with

Mare for sale in California

This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello Everyone, Doon Grade Ranch has one mare left for sale in California. If you are interested in a great brood mare that rides in the arena and on trail, please contact me ASAP. They are offering her for a price that is unbelievable. You must pick

FOALS, FOALS, FOALS

This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] We are very happy to announce the foals are here. well, all but 3 of them. :-) The latest is a little colt out of Elisie by Overmann. He is a cutie. He is not named yet and the owner has decided to sell him. The first $2000 offer can name the colt and

SOLD MARE in CA

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dressage bits

This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fjords are not the only horses which are by nature very strong and well muscled horses. The warmbloods that are controlled in dressage by the snaffle bits at lower levels are also pretty mighty. The snaffle bit has no leverage so that the

Re: Advanced English Test Bits

This message is from: Lori Albrough [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I ask what are your tricks with a good stop on the snaffle for a horse under saddle. Hi Bonnie, I teach them to stop or come back when I sit a little heavier and close my upper thigh muscles a bit. If you do

Re: Advanced English Test Bits

This message is from: Genie Dethloff [EMAIL PROTECTED] Karen, I'm sorry that my response made you so hostile. I am not a dressage snob, but that is the riding I choose to do for my own rewards and I am not very accomplished at that. I board at a mixed barn and have friends that ride western

Re: dressage bits

This message is from: jgayle [EMAIL PROTECTED] The snaffle does have leverage, or certainly can give pain as it contacts the roof of the mouth as it buckles and fjordies have low pallets. Jean Gayle Author 'The Colonel's Daughter Occupied Germany 1946 to 1949 Send: $20 to Three Horse's

Re bitting

This message is from: jgayle [EMAIL PROTECTED] What really sets my teeth ajar is watching some of the old western movies and the use in glamorous hands of very severe bits. The riders made the horse arch it's neck and rear backwards to avoid pain and they thought they looked like real cowboys on

Bits

This message is from: Green Valley Farm [EMAIL PROTECTED] There have been some interesting discussions about bits in the last few digest issues. The NFHR Evaluation Program is a work in progress and is always open to discussion and revision. The question of bits were discussed by the

Re: bits allowed for evaluation

This message is from: Steve Sessoms [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wait . a broken bit and a snaffle bit are describing two different things. A snaffle is a bit that works off a ring or 'D' with no to extremely little leverage. It can have a broken mouthpiece or a mullen mouthpeice, etc. A broken mouth