bits & contact

["Tracey" <tracey@tbt.co.za>]

Tamara wrote:



>The booklet suggested that, when meeting resistance in the horse, go to a
more subtle bit.  I consider myself to be an adequate rider and I have good
hands, but thinking of a bit in terms of subtlety had never occurred to me.
The snaffle is a very direct bit, which
I guess is why it's good for youngsters who need clear and uncluttered
signals.<

Can someone define "subtlety" when it comes to a bit.  I'm not sure that I
agree with Tamara when she intimates that a snaffle is not subtle and that
the Kimblewicke is.


Any thoughts?


Tracey