Re: RC: advice on bits for hard pulling wanna go fast horses

[Trishmare@aol.com]

  To the original poster (sorry, I've already deleted original post), don't 
know if this will help, but in early 1999 Linda Cowles posted something she 
called "no control/RACE BRAIN TRAINING."  Should still be in the archives . . 
.Wendy Milner had some excellent posts along the same lines about the same 
time.  The RACE BRAIN TRAINING techniques have made a world of difference for 
my "race-brain Ay-rab," King David.  Now, David has as yet never been in an 
endurance ride, so I don't know if the technique would work for the start of 
a race (and the next 30 miles . . . <g>) or not, but it sure as heck made a 
big difference in his attitude/controllability at home, and I think it would 
help.   I ride David in an egg-butt snaffle, no martingales or anything, and 
he is usually quite a "hot" horse, so this technique might even allow you to 
throw away that kimberwicke.  Be worth checking out.

Trish & King David,
in wet, wet, WET Michigan (is it EVER going to stop raining????)