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Responding to what Ray wrote below......having owned some extremely
difficult horses that came to me as a last resort....my opinion is that
nobody really has the right to judge how someone rides their horse....unless
they are willing to get on and give it a try!  I rode Chancy mare with the
biggest ole curb bit you have ever seen....given her past history, it was
the only bit I could negotiage with....and to use less would have put
everyone AROUND me at risk too.....for those who insist that any horse can
be retrained in a snaffle...I would have been more than willing to let then
give it a go!
Karen

Please Reply to: Ray O'Donohue rno2m@xxxxxxxxxxxx or ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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 Frank,my friend: you might be able to get on Chico and do what others
cannot.(Frosty morning:Ride him away from the cantering group and travel
parallel to them,cantering slowly,stopping occasionally, with them still in
sight,AND have Chico stay quiet and calm and cooperative,no
rearing,jigging,side-passing,crow-hopping,propping,etc.Hell,while we're at
it let's say  there's slack in the reins the whole time and you are
whistling a tune.)I don't say nobody can do this.But the person who can will
be someone very unusual.I've often thought some little kid might have no
trouble with him whatsoever.He never did any of wild stuff with me  when I
first got him.I couldn't ride at all,in those days. Chico taught me gently
for a while,and then gradually taught me the Full Chico Method of Rock &
Roll horsemanship. It's sure been interesting,and I can pretty much ride any
other horse now.If I thought I could safely experiment with sticking him
with a nail I would.Might try it in a plowed field one day.

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