Yeah, see that's what I mean. I could ride my mare with a shoelace around her neck and 99.9% of the time she was perfect. I do remember one time in pasture when they were feeding and she wanted me off and stopping her as she ran under low hanging branches was not gonna happen - but that was the rare exception not the rule. If I hadn't been dodging branches, I could have stopped her, even in a halter, but she was in "Brat Mode" LOL.

We trained our horses using, what is now termed, the Vacero method (sorry that doesn't look like it's spelled right). Starting with a bosal and working up to a Spade bit. But our hands were light and we could go back to a bosal or even a halter, in a heart beat even with the spade bit horses. Again, horsemanship.

LTC4H... Thanks! I've been reading, but I've been trying to network and create a new blog to drum up some business and I haven't been posting as much. I'll be around more, don't worry!