What’s Your Horse Trying to Tell You About His Bit? (Pt. 1)
07/27/21 • 31 min
Is it just us, or can finding the right bit for your horse feel like a shot in the dark?
Sure, we have a general understanding of how certain bits work, and maybe you know a little about your horse’s mouth. But for most riders, the knowledge stops there. And that’s because historically, we haven’t HAD much information about bit and bridle fitting and function the same way we now have info about saddle fit, for example.
FEI rider/trainer and certified bitting specialist, Stephanie Brown-Beamer, and host Caroline Culbertson get into the weeds of bit and bridle fit and function in this two-part episode. They discuss:
- How horses tell us the bit they have isn’t working
- What happens when the noseband is too tight to compensate for a bit they don’t like
- Debunking the idea that “thicker is milder and thinner is harsher”
- How the tongue’s function affects the horse’s entire self carriage, head to tail.
Is it just us, or can finding the right bit for your horse feel like a shot in the dark?
Sure, we have a general understanding of how certain bits work, and maybe you know a little about your horse’s mouth. But for most riders, the knowledge stops there. And that’s because historically, we haven’t HAD much information about bit and bridle fitting and function the same way we now have info about saddle fit, for example.
FEI rider/trainer and certified bitting specialist, Stephanie Brown-Beamer, and host Caroline Culbertson get into the weeds of bit and bridle fit and function in this two-part episode. They discuss:
- How horses tell us the bit they have isn’t working
- What happens when the noseband is too tight to compensate for a bit they don’t like
- Debunking the idea that “thicker is milder and thinner is harsher”
- How the tongue’s function affects the horse’s entire self carriage, head to tail.
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Doug Payne, You're About to Ride in the Olympics!
In this Bonus episode, host Caroline Culbertson catches up with with US Eventing team rider, Doug Payne, as he is on his way to Tokyo for the Olympic Games with his horse, Vandiver.
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What’s Your Horse Trying to Tell You About His Bit? (Pt. 2)
In the second of our 2-part episode about bits, FEI rider/trainer and certified bitting specialist, Stephanie Brown-Beamer of http://horsebyhorse.com, and host Caroline Culbertson continue their chat from last episode (so listen to that one first!) as well as answer some listener questions.
In this portion of the episode, they discuss:
- The type of mouths we’re seeing on many of today’s horses
- What about tongue relief bits?
- How do we properly size our bits when we’re buying them?
- Demystifying the dull-mouthed horse
- How to know when a bit is “as good as it gets” and to stop searching
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