INFORMED BITTING ADVICE

Relaxer Drop Noseband: 06/2008

Having a tight Cavesson or Cavesson Flash or a Grackle noseband on your Horse does not actually teach your Horse anything. It just creates the same relentless pressure ...

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Myler Combinations:

On the 27th March 2008 Horse & Hound published an article by International Judge and Trainer, Eric Smiley, suggesting that Myler Combinations, Mikmar Bits, Elevators and Four Ring Gags, should be banned from FEI competitions.

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Scenarios:

I do occasionally still have problems with people believing that Bitting is a quick fix and not part of the whole: Good management, training, Riding, and time, patience and repetition are the only things that will make a long term improvement to the way a Horse goes.
I am going to write down the same scenario and then give you two different reactions to it.

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