TrickRoperDeluxe wrote:
KingOfTheJungle04 wrote:
TrickRoperDeluxe wrote:

Over the nose or under the chin would be harsher due to the leverage being used.
When leading, a good bump is all that would be needed. But you don't lunge a horse with a chain on/under its nose or in it's mouth.
And I don't find anything with chain links to be "kind" and can only imagine the amount of pinching it would present. I'd be livid if I had a horse on training board and found out some girl lunged my horse with a chain (I'm jumping to conclusions and saying the chain from the leadrope) in its mouth.


Ya see your not looking at the mechanics of it.
If a chain is laying across the mouth its not going to be pinching because its streched tight vs. laying in a pile.
Someday when you have a few more horses under your belt you'll see that chains are nowhere near as bad as you think they are now.
I used to dislike chain bits an now I have a few.

Alright, first of all. You have no idea the amount of horses I have worked with so it would be best not to try and think you're "above me" with your comments.
Chain bits, in my opinion, can be classified with twisted bits. And to the point I was making, JackieE wasn't using a chain bit, but the chain (stud chain, I'm assuming) of a leadrope and then lunging the horse with it in it's mouth. It doesn't take much imagination to see the chain going slack and tight with the horse's movement - and thus pinching and grating. If this horse doesn't know "whoa" in 4.5 months of training, chances are this colt can't lunge a perfect balanced circle without tugging on a lunge line either.
At the tracks they do what we call a "woodbine smile" with is the chain on the gums. And I have, personally, see a few bloody gums from that. So, I don't see much of a difference between that, and a chain across the tender gums/bar.

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