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Re: [RC] More Whoa Needed - Mike LewisAh, very true. Molly is 11 and has competed in endurance for several seasons before taking a couple years off to have a foal. I begin riding her regularly about 4-6 weeks ago; she was raced mostly by a junior rider in the past. I have had her since November of last year. Mike --- Steven Proe <trails_first@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: Hi Mike, How long have you had your horse and how much training and the age of your critter? Without this information it will be hard to give you some ideas, that may help. hth steven ----- Original Message ---- From: Mike Lewis <mlewis73@xxxxxxxxx> To: Ridecamp <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2007 11:58:33 AM Subject: [RC] More Whoa Needed I'm using a standard snaffle on my horse, currently, but am finding that it is not quite enough at times. Usually this bit and sitting deeply in the saddle are sufficient to keep my horse under control, but there are times where slowing down takes much longer than I'd like. For instance, it was very difficult to break her into a trot the last several miles of FITS when we met up with a horse very close to her in speed. What else can I do to help slow this horse down, from a horsemanship perspective? The only way I know to avoid getting too fast is to sit deeply in the saddle and keep gentle contact with her mouth with each step. Once we're going a bit fast, or if I want to slow her back to a trot, half-halts and sitting deep in the saddle are about all I know to do. As I found, that is not always effective if there is a horse leading her. Aside from that, I've been told that a Wonder Bit would help. My wife *hates* them and doesn't think it would be wise to use one... I haven't used a Wonder Bit before and don't know if it would be appropriate. Also concerned about making the horse hardmouthed. Thoughts appreciated. Mike =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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