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May 2 08 7:46 AM
KingOfTheJungle04 wrote: 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. Your younger then me , its safe to assume that you havent worked with that many , or that you havent had to just make stuff up as you go. Chain bits, in my opinion, can be classified with twisted bits. Your ignorance is showing. The mechanics of BOTH are completely different. 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. A chain is a chain regardless of what its connected to. I could take a picture of the chain bit I have an a chain shank an they both look the same. It doesn't take much imagination to see the chain going slack and tight with the horse's movement - and thus pinching and grating. Wheres it going to pinch an grate? The links lay flat across the tongue an bars of the mouth , even when theres slack in the lead they still lay flat due to the nature an weight of the chain. 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. Once again the mechanics of how its being used.
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