Re: [IceHorses] Am I from Mars II?

2008-02-11 Thread Renee Martin
> renee, isnt the gap by the ring a separate component of the bridle?? I mean the ring on the dropped noseband itself. > is the noseband like a cavesson? Are they the same thing? with its own separate buckle?? < The dropped nosebands, as this horse was wearing, are a separate piece of tack f

Re: [IceHorses] Am I from Mars II?

2008-02-11 Thread Janice McDonald
On 2/11/08, Janice McDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > renee, isnt the gap by the ring a separate component of the bridle?? > is the noseband like a cavesson? Are they the same thing? with its > own separate buckle?? I am confused as to how this could be > interpreted as loose! nevermind R

Re: [IceHorses] Am I from Mars II?

2008-02-11 Thread Janice McDonald
renee, isnt the gap by the ring a separate component of the bridle?? is the noseband like a cavesson? Are they the same thing? with its own separate buckle?? I am confused as to how this could be interpreted as loose! Janice -- courage is being scared to death...and saddling up anyway--John Way

Re: [IceHorses] Am I from Mars II?

2008-02-11 Thread pyramid
> I think we could just as well go to "no nosebands", raise the level of > education of trainers, and not have any disputes about tightness of > nosebands :-) i still think i'd like to put one on stjarni. it's a decoration, but it shows off the "broken blaze" aspect of his face markings (rather

Re: [IceHorses] Am I from Mars II?

2008-02-11 Thread snowpony
Judy Ryder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>one could still likely get two fingers beneath such a noseband, and > >>>therefore, it could be called "properly adjusted" with the indenting we > >>>see just being the horse's hair being compressed.<<< > > I think we could just as well go to "n

Re: [IceHorses] Am I from Mars II?

2008-02-10 Thread Judy Ryder
>>>one could still likely get two fingers beneath such a noseband, and >>>therefore, it could be called "properly adjusted" with the indenting we >>>see just being the horse's hair being compressed.<<< I think we could just as well go to "no nosebands", raise the level of education of trainers

Re: [IceHorses] Am I from Mars II?

2008-02-10 Thread snowpony
Wanda Lauscher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/bz_icehorse/406138425/ > > Could this noseband get any tighter? > > Wanda Hi Wanda, You know, I've looked at this picture and find it just as offensive as everyone else who has commented. BUT -- it's interesti

Re: [IceHorses] Am I from Mars?

2008-02-09 Thread Stephanie Caldwell
On Feb 9, 2008 10:50 PM, Wanda Lauscher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thank youmy world was tilting there for a while... (I have a kitten helping me post tonight... Guess he wants his voice heard, too!) FWIW, I don't like the composition of the photo. The colors nice, but it's not that nice

Re: [IceHorses] Am I from Mars?

2008-02-09 Thread Wanda Lauscher
On 09/02/2008, Kathleen Douglas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If I look at this picture as a photographer it is a stunner, but as a > horseman - Gag, Barf, Gross Thank youmy world was tilting there for a while... Wanda

Re: [IceHorses] Am I from Mars?

2008-02-09 Thread Kathleen Douglas
Notice the commentsam I the only one that hates pictures like this? Wanda -- If I look at this picture as a photographer it is a stunner, but as a horseman - Gag, Barf, Gross And as to the nose band -- any tighter and it will require surgery. Kat

[IceHorses] Am I from Mars II?

2008-02-09 Thread Wanda Lauscher
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bz_icehorse/406138425/ Could this noseband get any tighter? Wanda -- Save the earth, it's the only place to get chocolate.

[IceHorses] Am I from Mars?

2008-02-09 Thread Wanda Lauscher
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hkvam/111071550/ Notice the commentsam I the only one that hates pictures like this? Wanda -- Save the earth, it's the only place to get chocolate.