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Re: [RC] To Bit or Not to Bit???? what do you think - Kristen A. Fisher

I admire people/horses that can use bitless bridles. But I want to LIVE. Death also "triggers a cascade of pathophysiological effects that are incompatible with athletic performance."
 
Kristen in TX
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Finally, all bits are counter-productive and contraindicated as, apart from pain, they trigger a cascade of pathophysiological effects that are incompatible with athletic performance. Therefore, bitted bridles are harmful to the horse since control is dependent on painful pressure on the acutely sensitive tissue of the mouth and they stimulate other effects that are inconsistent with the physiological needs of an exercising animal.
 

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