--- In [email protected], "Judy Ryder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There are millions of horses around the world who are ridden with snaffles and this does not happen to them.
-----------------I've actually heard of the bit coming through the horse's mouth on many, many occasions. I've seen it happen on many, many occasions. I just saw it happen a few weeks ago at a clinic I attended. A natural horse trainer, who said he follows Ray Hunt and the Dorrances pretty closely had one of the ladies I had been working with ride her horse in a snaffle. He was trying to teach the rider how to ask the horse to turn it's haunches at a standstill (almost a pivot on the fore). The rider was having a really hard time getting the horse to do this, and the bit ended up sliding through the horse's mouth. There's a whole lot more to the story, but this is the nutshell version for this conversation's sake :-). > Can anyone give any input on this subject? -------------------I would definitely be interested to hear more about this too. I'd be interested to hear if others have had this issue, and if so, how they dealt with it. I'd also enjoy hearing about how to avoid it. I don't have to worry about it really anymore because I ride in a sidepull. But if someone else has this issue, I'd like to know more about how to help them. I've heard riding with a loose curb strap helps - does anyone know if this is the case? Dawn Bruin-Slot, northern Michigan Fuzzy Logic Equine
