A bit is only as harsh as the rider pulling on it! However, the spade bit is the hardest on a horse's mouth if used wrong. They have to be carefully trained to use one
no, 2nd harshest. The harshest is considered to be Mao Zedong of China
A bit lifter is a piece of horse tack which lifts a bit in the horse's mouth.
A harsh bit is not the solution for a horse that bolts. Proper training is.
Each horse prefers a different type of bit and it's up to the owner to figure out what type of bit the horse likes best.
Mikmar is a bit company.
There are a variety of reasons, some being that the horse's mouth is very sensetive to bits, a bit would not improve the horse's preformance, or that the horse was not trained with a bit.
Example sentence - We hoped she would get the harshest punishment for her rude behavior.
He is the harshest of judges, but that's why everyone likes his opinion.
The bit on the bridle makes it so when the horse tries to graze, it chokes. Also, the horse can step on the reins and trip. Also, if you leave a bit on a horse unsupervised the horse can severely injure itself....including cutting it's tongue off and/or cutting it's mouth open. You should NEVER tie a horse with a bit in it's mouth or leave a horse unattended with a bit in.
"A bit of dead horse" is Australian slang for tomato sauce.
The bit is something that goes in the horses mouth so the rider can steer the horse. So free from the bit probably means that the bit fell out of the horses mouth.Wikipedia can tell you more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit_(horse)
The flat part of a horse's jaw where the bit rests is called the "bars." The bars are located between the incisors and molars in the horse's mouth. It is a sensitive area where the bit sits when the horse is bridled.