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Re: [RC] switching to bit - Don HustonHello Marlene,All of my horses have been green when I got them. I put grazing bits on all of them and only had the usual initial minor bitting-up problems which cleared up in a short time. This link shows my favorite bit, I have 2 and they are the only ones I use now. I have tried bitless many times and still use it now and then but I am always nervous about stopping a run-away. There are several places where I have 2 miles of rolling trail with good footing that I run the horse flat out and bitless just scares the crap out of me cause at that speed I cannot get my feet ahead enough for leverage to pull hard enough to really stop the horse. He will stop but only if he wants to so we ride for 2 hours fairly hard before running flat out bitless. Using the grazing bit I can stop (at least up until today) anytime. Good luck with your new guy. http://www.rods.com/p/502,233_Sweet-Iron-Grazing-Bit.html Don Huston <donhuston@xxxxxxx> At 10:17 PM 9/19/2006 Tuesday, you wrote: I'd like some suggestions on good starting bits for a sensitive horse that is new to a bit. I have several to play with. While long term I would like to ride her bitless, I do use my hands fairly actively (I do have soft hands, but active) and one thing I read on the Jessica Jahiel site was that the beetle wasn't a good piece of gear for someone actively with the reins. Does this make sense and if so, is any bitless device specifically better with active hands for long term plans? =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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