ridecamp@endurance.net: [endurance] bits
[endurance] bits
MS LOUISE D BURTON (XXDU78A@PRODIGY.COM)
Fri, 03 Nov 1995 23:18:18 EST
Re: Spade bits in higher levels of cutting and reining:
>From what I can remember of my old Cal Poly days under a trainer who won
the snaffle bit futurity the year I was there, the severe bits are to show
off a finished horse and that you DON'T use them! Correct me if I'm wrong,
but it has to do with old Spanish customs...you know the real fancy silver
bits and huge spurs they wore....they are for show. You never touch a
horse's mouth on a good cutting or reining horse!
Louise