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[RC] [RC] cavessons - Ridecamp GuestPlease Reply to: Nicole z_arabs@xxxxxxxxx or ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ========================================== -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Okay, i'm going to ask a really stupid question: Just what IS the purpose of a cavesson? Does it affect anything if you ride without one, or with a halter and a bridle converter? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The effects of a cavesson will vary depending on the type of cavesson and the fit. The traditional English plain cavesson, fitted comfortably (several fingers can go in it easily) has very little effect. Fitted tighter that regular cavesson can have the effect of holding the mouth closed to a degree (it is actually called a crank noseband if on tight enough to have a real influence on the horse's ability to open it's mouth). Then there are other cavessons: flash, drop, figure-8, that quite literally hold the mouth shut. For a trail horse, I don't see the need to ever have a cavesson fitted any tighter than having a halter on the horse. So, that would mean using a halter-bridle would be no different from using a comfortably fitted regular cavesson or no cavesson at all. Well, actually, I don't do any dressage work any tighter than that either.... ~Nicole ============================================================ You don't have to be a 100-mile rider or a multi-day rider to be an endurance rider, but if you want to experience the finest challenges our sport has to offer, you need to do both of those. ~ Joe Long ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ============================================================
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