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No problem.

I agree that what works for one doesn't work for another (person or  
horse).  Could be the martingale adjustment does have a lot to do  
with it.  I'd love to not have to use any style martingale on my  
fellow.  My old horse never needed one, but my new fellow has a long- 
standing head-tossing habit that I may never completely resolve.   He  
is getting better, but its a long process.

I've recently switched him from the S-hack to a Myler combination bit  
with the 41PB mouthpiece that Ranelle recommended.  So far, I really  
like it.  The last group training ride I went on, I was able to do  
the ride without the martingale, and seemed to have better control,  
with much less rein pressure.  Since it is a leverage bit, it isn't  
any good for English-style arena work, but I have a nice lozenge- 
mouth eggbut snaffle for that.  This horse varies considerably in  
what works, depending on the situation.

On Mar 26, 2008, at 12:29 PM, rides2far@xxxxxxxx wrote:

> > I didn't mean to imply any right / wrong, or incompetence.
>
> Oops, oops. I don't think anybody did in any direction. Should have  
> put
> in a :-)  I wasn't really saying that in reply to what you said at  
> all.
> More going back to past RC conversations where we'd kind of hashed out
> whether a running martingale was a crutch, gadget, etc. that we should
> all learn to do without. That same week EN came out with Val on front
> winning the WEC in a running martingale. >G<
>
> What works for one may not for another. I can't get happy with any
> leverage any more. Used to love my English hack, then let Josie  
> have it
> for a few years for her horse and when I tried it again I hated what I
> got with it (same horse). I don't have my running martingale short.  
> The
> rein runs in a straight line from the bit to my hand so that may have
> something to do with it.
>
> Angie


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