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“You want the mouth shut for a certain amount of control,” he added. “Everybody’s seen the runaway horse with his mouth wide open and the bit practically pulling through his mouth. A figure-eight is an easy way to add a little control without having to go “up’ in bit strength.”
The figure-eight also helps keep the horse from getting bis tongue over the bit, another control breaker. “Almost all of my horses wear figure-eight,” said trainer Richard Valentine of The Plains. “Frankly, anything that helps open up the airways and gives a horse a better chance, then I want to do it.”
lying the tongue also gains control of the horse’s head. Nearly every trainer on the flat uses a tongue tie when racing, as do many steeplechase trainers. A simple cotton strip looped around the tongue and tied around the lower jaw, the tongue tie keeps the horse from flipping his tongue over the bit; a horse with his tongue over the bit is a horse out of control. The tongue tie also helps the horse control his own breathing by ensuring that he doesn’t accidentally swallow his tongue or obstruct the airway by pressing against his upper jaw.
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