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
