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BleuIdGrl Reg. May 2010	Posted 2014-11-29 1:58 PM Subject: Bit question for racing folks
Bye-Bye Jiggle Posts: 1691 Location: Where ever there's sunshine!	Can't get the pic to load but.... The bits with the metal ring that goes all the way around the lower jaw. Please explain them to me. I'm intrigued.
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Lucy's Mom Reg. Aug 2006	Posted 2014-11-29 2:49 PM Subject: RE: Bit question for racing folks
Elite Veteran Posts: 805 Location: Montana	I'm not a racing person and not totally sure but I think that they are for tongue displacement.
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vjls Reg. Mar 2005	Posted 2014-11-29 3:00 PM Subject: RE: Bit question for racing folks
Miracle in the Making Posts: 4013	sounds like a ring bit it was used on horses with a tougher mouth that liked to pull. at least thAT The way it was in 70 when was i exercise boy
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euchee Reg. Oct 2003	Posted 2014-11-29 3:07 PM Subject: RE: Bit question for racing folks
Lived to tell about it and will never do it again Posts: 5408	The horse can't grab the bit and run off with it.
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vjls Reg. Mar 2005	Posted 2014-11-29 7:18 PM Subject: RE: Bit question for racing folks
Miracle in the Making Posts: 4013	euchee - 2014-11-29 4:07 PM The horse can't grab the bit and run off with it. this is a ring bit and yes they grab it and run off
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euchee Reg. Oct 2003	Posted 2014-11-29 8:12 PM Subject: RE: Bit question for racing folks
Lived to tell about it and will never do it again Posts: 5408	It was used on horses I rode to help me control them. The couldn't grab it like a reg. bit and helped me have rate when schooling and stopping power. Edited by euchee 2014-11-29 8:14 PM
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vjls Reg. Mar 2005	Posted 2014-11-30 9:49 AM Subject: RE: Bit question for racing folks
Miracle in the Making Posts: 4013	not goint to argue with you but i rode race horses at los al bay meadow did it for a living for or 5 yrs quarter horses . i am going to tell you they will and can run off woyj this bit and anything else . there is not a man or woman alive that can hold a horse if they don/t want to. it does help a puller but if they want to they will . i got on an ave of 10 to 20 a day from 5am till 10am 6 days a week
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cow pie Reg. Nov 2009	Posted 2014-11-30 9:25 PM Subject: RE: Bit question for racing folks
Sock eating dog owner Posts: 4553 Location: Where the pavement ends and the West begins Utah	I was always told it kept them from putting their tongue over the bit. Don't know if it ever worked.
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