He cautioned against biting down too hard on the straight, rubberized shaft that bridged the gap from one side of the mouth to the other, depressing the tongue.
“Keep your jaw relaxed and you’ll avoid a lot of pain...”
This morning all the women had been bitted and, once buckled in place by slender straps passed around the backs of their necks, the bits were impossible to expel.
To swivel rings close to the edges of Meris’s mouth, Steve clipped long driving reins which he threaded back through rings fixed to the shoulder straps of the torso harness. Then, walking four feet behind her, with a combination of vocal, rein and whip commands, he schooled her in forward movement, left and right turns, back stepping and the freeze, which was indicated by a backward tension on the reins in combi
