"There is only one profound principle on bitting: ‘A trained horse will go with any old thread instead of a bit, or any jaw breaker, if he is ridden by a ‘rider’.’ The flip side of the coin is that no bit in the world can replace or facilitate the training considerably. However, it can easily get in the way. The regular loose ring snaffle or double snaffle is the only useful tool, and in my experience there is no artist who is so skilled that he is able to work a horse thoroughly through with a double bridle from the beginning. I have always felt the holes in the training when I rode well trained horses that were merely ridden too early with the double bridle." (Otto v.Monteton, 1877)
Posted on: Sun, 01 Sep 2013 06:46:06 +0000
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