From: http://www.feif.org/Sport/SportRulesFIPO/ProhibitedEquipment/tabid/246/Defau lt.aspx
* The drop (German/Hanoverian) noseband or leveler noseband in combination with all bits with upper and/or lower cheeks. This type of bit should be used with another noseband as it does not fit very well together. It leads to an ugly picture. The chain and the lower part of the noseband could come very close to each other so the skin can easily get squeezed. The functioning of the cheeks is affected by the position of the laces in the combination with the leveler noseband. N.B. This does not include a flash noseband (combined noseband)! Isn't that just sad. The rules DO now allow the flash noseband with a shanked bit. What does it mean, "It leads to an ugly picture?" Why is it ok to use a flash noseband but not a dropped noseband? That doesn't make sense to me. It's the creeping crud again...more and more being allowed and seen as "normal." Karen Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED]
