> judy could you mark up a picture and show how you measure? I cant > figure it out... i was thinking a short mouth was how far the corners > of the mouth are from the bars.
I'm measuring the lips without reference to the bars because so many times you'll see someone riding with so much contact that the lips are stretched way beyond what we'd think would be comfortable for the horse, which also gives us some type of reference as to how much contact there is. Judy
