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-----Original Message-----
From: Flemmer, Linda
Sent: Monday, June 07, 1999 10:36 AM
To: 'EISENHART@aol.com'
Cc: 'rdiecamp@endurance.net'
Subject: RE: Kimberwicke
Christine,
Everything that I've learned over the last 30 years has shown me differently.
A solid mouthpiece is always more gentle than broken/jointed. If it is jointed, you get a "nutcracker" effect on the bars and cheeks and a bump on the roof of the mouth in addition to the poll and chin effect from the curb strap/chain. With a jointed snaffle, the limit to the force is your strength. With a curb, the effect is amplified by the lever arm of the curb. The force can be considerable, even with something with such short shanks as a Kimberwicke.
A straight bar mouth piece will not pinch the bars and cheeks. Put a jointed bit on the palm of your hand and ask someone to pull back as hard as they can. See it bend in the middle, where it would bump the roof of the mouth. Now try the same with a straight bay bit. Fewer pressure points, no nutcraker effect.
I told the original poster that training & experience was probably more important than a stronger bit. There isn't a bit in the world that a horse can't run through. They may be in pain, they may get hurt, but it won't stop a half ton animal if they don't want to or know how to respond!
Linda Flemmer
-----Original Message-----
From: EISENHART@aol.com [mailto:EISENHART@aol.com]
<< > I have a young horse who I've been riding in a D-ring
> snaffle but he is just too strong on the trail and is
> going through the bit something awful. I thought of going
> to a kimberwicke, but am confused as to which is milder,
> a kimberwicke with a broken mouthpiece or a solid mouthpiece. >>
The broken mouthpiece is less severe. I use one on my arab gelding, and I
love it.
Christine
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