There is humor on this page!! Your observation of
where things belong is hilarious. I am not an etiquette type rider, so when
people ask me if my horse ever changes leads during a ride, I say "Who cares
as long as he is in the lead!". It is amazing to
some people that when we turn left at a gallop, the horse goes into his left
lead and the same thing on the right turns all by themselves. Why do I have to
teach them how to take leads when they already know? And why does a horse need
a bit to be on and rounded when plenty of well finished horses do it in a
bosal (sp?)or hackamore (not mechanical)? Humans think they know so much. I
have Arabs, don't know if they are considered western horses, actually I guess
they are real eastern, but they can pretty much figure things out for
themselves as long as I don't get in the way. I am going to pass your
observations on to all my horse friends if you don't
mind!