10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GAG-BIT»
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1
The Whole Horse Catalog: The Complete Guide to Buying, ...
Gag Like the snaffle, the gag bit essentially raises the horse's head, but its more
severe action should be used by experienced hands only. You can easily spot a
gag bit; the bridle cheekpieces, made of rounded leather or rope, pass through ...
With two sets of reins, the gag bit gives a rider the ability to use either a standard direct action or a gag action. In this, the gag bit is related to a Pelham bit and a double bridle. Unlike these, however, the gag bit has no curb strap.
Jesse Russell, Ronald Cohn, 2012
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The gag bit is a type of bit for a horse.
Frederic P. Miller, Agnes F. Vandome, McBrewster John, 2010
4
Making the Time: An Expert Guide to Cross Country Riding
For this reason, you must be sure that a gag bit is required and that you will not
pull your horse's mouth unnecessarily. Many horses have been put off jumping
by riders who have pulled too hard in a strong bit while riding into and/or over a ...
5
The United States Pony Club Manual Of Horsemanship ...
3-ring gag snaffle (also known as American gag, Dutch gag, continental, elevator,
or Pessoa gag): This bit has three rings in line, creating a snaffle ring (without
leverage) and two lower rings that act as gag bit rings (with leverage). When the ...
6
An encyclopaedia of rural sports: or a complete account, ...
... gag-bit and rein, and where the horse is inclined to throw up his head and bolt,
add the running martingal-rein to the gag- bit. The common martingal-rein will
lower the head on all ordinary occasions. The reins of these restraints had better
...
Delabere Pritchett Blaine, 1870
7
Victorian Fiction and the Cult of the Horse
Culler, Jonathan 98 cult of the horse 6, 10-13, 24-7, 39-42, 65-73, 157, 159, 161-
3; see also horse curb-bit 100-104; see also gag-bit Curzon, L.H. 125 Cvetkovich,
Ann 80 Darwin, Charles On the Origin of Species 7 Davidoff, Leonore 59n8 ...
The gag bit is a snaffle bit that has one bit but two sets of reins. It is the bit to wear.
The bitless bridle does not have a bit. The bitless bridle puts pressure on the
horse's nose. Bit control puts pressure on the horse's mouth. The saddle HOW ...
9
American Turf Register and Sporting Magazine
BeforeI take leave of the subject of race riding, I shall say a few words more on
the use of the common martingale and spare rein, running martingale and gag bit
and rein; we will consider these different martingales 'and reins, and the gag bit ...
10
Taking Chances: A Good Story to Tell
“Yeah, that gag bit should have never been put in the horse's mouth. That
cowboy was having some fun with a flatlander. You were lucky not to get hurt.” “
However, after I took the gag bit out of his mouth and used a hackamore, Ugly
was fine.
Daryl "The Kid" Shaffer, 2011
