Thanks Everyone - I really appreciate the response. I realized this weekend I had only a vague idea of the differences and often times when riding in the sidepull you get the question - "is that a bitless bridle/hackamore/bosal?" and it will be nice to be able to give a more educated answer. It seems that when you ride in a sidepull at public riding areas you get questions like that - I know when Sue and I were at the beach we had a lady stop us and ask about it and I meant to get better educated then. People are always surprised that you can ride without a bit and not get killed. :-))
Another funny thing happened on that ride. MY friend from down the street that I ride with has a Percheron/TB cross and she is HUGE - so of course we make quite an unusual pair going down the trail. This weekend was the first time I rode Mura with her. Mura is a Cremello (white to any non-horse person) and her horse is a light gray (white to any non-horse person). When we were riding the horses down the street in our neighborhood to get to the trails a person driving by in a car yelled out the window "you really need to let that baby grow up before you ride it" They assumed that Mura (age 15) was the other horses baby - we'll probably be reported for horse cruelty! -- Laree
