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Snaffle Bits
Have you ever looked at a snaffle bit and wondered how it fits into a horse’s mouth and what effect it has when you pull on it? Snaffle bits are generally considered to be one of the kindest bits you can use, and that may be the case in the right hands but most riders…
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Mechanical versus feel
Every action we make in developing a skill or an art starts out as a mechanical action. Bruce Lee once said: “Before I learned martial arts, a punch was just a punch, and a kick was just a kick. When I studied martial arts, a punch was no longer just a punch and a kick was no longer just a kick. But now that I…
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The horse whisperer
Who exactly is “the horse whisperer”? Is there, or perhaps more correctly, was there only ever one horse whisperer? Depends a lot on who you talk to and how big their ego is. Monty Roberts laid claim to being the horse whisperer of the movie (“The Horse Whisperer”) fame. However, that notion was counter-punched by…