On Mon, Jun 18, 2007 at 02:03:16PM -0600, Wanda Lauscher wrote: > On 18/06/07, Nick Cook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The shank bit is then added shortly before competition or evaluation > > to accomplish additional fine tuning on a horse that is already > > gaiting in good frame with a soft and supple neck and mouth. More > > often than not, if you use a shank bit, and choose to engage it, on a > > horse that isn't already soft, supple and communicating well; it will > > just lose its little mind and stop listening all together - a truly > > dangerous situation! > > That's crap! Who would put all those hours into training and then at > the last minute change a vital piece of equipment?
well, that seems a rather harsh term. i know a great many people here in america who change their equipment for showing -- martingales, say, or even saddles. i understand that dressage riders even do change their bits, as the "regulation" bits are not necessarily the ones they want to do their schooling in. --vicka
