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Quote: I never implied that a gaited horse could not physically GAIT in a snaffle. While, there is no reason why a TWH could not be ridden huntseat, dressage, or in any other English discipline that traditionally calls for a snaffle, a running walk would look rather ridiculous, and the saddle...

There is never a good reason to take a pair of shears to a mane. It looks like what it is and it is lazy. There are OTHER ways to shorten it.

Pulling or thinning a mane is one thing, taking a pair of shears to it is another, unless you are roaching it.

Quote: True, you set the entire body not the head. If the horse is not in the right frame, the "head set" will simply make the horse look pretty. The bit is only a means of communication, though I would rather have a cell phone than a couple of tin cans tied on a string. Either will get the...

Quote: He is/was a beauty.

Sure, you could put a bosal and a mecate on a grand prix dressage horse and still get results but it 'aint traditional. I grew up in the '50's and 60's and you NEVER saw a TWH in a snaffle beyond the age of three. It just was not done. Nowdays anything goes. A gaited horse will always gait...

Quote: Well if one chooses not to gait their TWH....

He is a fine looking horse I think. Well put together but I am curious about the bulging neck muscles on the underside of the neck. It makes me believe that he has learned to brace against the bit. Is someone riding him with heavy hands? And why is he in being ridden in a snaffle bit rather than...