科研之友
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摘要
The reality of riding in general and equine sports in particular is losing contact with the traditional postulates of the art of horseback riding. Contradictions even occur for example in the way in which nosebands are fixed. Complicate arrangements of superfluous straps and ties induce erroneous interpretations of bitting arrangements. Therefore, the true effects of the most frequently used conventional headgear are demonstrated empirically and tested mathematically. Virtually all conventional and wide-spread, often cited textbooks of riding postulate the horse chewing on the bit. Chewing of course is only possible, if the jaws can be opened to some degree. Exactly this is absolutely impossible if the noseband is too tight. Essential in this context is the tie, which gives least freedom, regardless of where it is placed: above the bit (the "English" arrangement) or below (the "Hannoveranian" arrangement), and regardless of the other, less tight bond. Controlling the width of the nosebands is most reliable if done in the conservative way by placing two fingers between the noseband and the nasal bone. This method is less prone to error, than taking the measurement on the ventral side of the lower jaw. The attempt to control the appropriate width of a noseband on the side of the horse s head is complete nonsense. If full occlusion is taken as the starting point, a loosening of the noseband(s) by at least 1 hole is necessary to allow the incisors a distance of one finger s breadth, or the premolars a distance of 12 mm.
- 出版日期2010-4
