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I think that you can actually do more damage to a horses mouth with a
lighter bit ( snaffle) that they are running through.  A bit that works
well for me and that I send almost all of my rental hunters out in is a
rubber pelham.  On the snaffle rein it is kinder than a snaffle, which
is good with folks that clutch and hang on the mouth and the curb rein
is there when you need whoa.
 On my first Florida ride my son's big OTTB ran with me in a snaffle
and it was not an experience that I care to repeat. I didn't get her
slowed to a trot for 45 minutes!

                                            Libby
Addendum for Quentin: Check her teeth.  A horse with a mouth already
sore from a sharp tooth isn't going to notice a bit, harsh or mild.

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