>>>> . I don't think that nosebands in and of themselves are necessarily a bad thing.
I have an old riding video, I think it's the one made by Diddi ... Anyway, the clinician makes a point to show that the dropped noseband should be loose, and he even puts two fingers under the noseband. Then immediately, he mounts the horse. The horse's nose goes up in the air, and you can see, right there on the tape, that the "loose" noseband digs in! The dropped nosebands go over soft tissue, not over any bony structures. Even when relatively loose, they can dig in! Funny, the intent was to show that they aren't bad, but seeing how a "loose" noseband could still dig in was the final blow for me. I really think they'd have to be flapping-in-the-breeze loose to be loose enough not to potentially cause a problem. . Karen Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.485 / Virus Database: 269.13.15/1002 - Release Date: 9/11/2007 5:46 PM
