23. to bit or not to bit, which is better?

We finally decided to add our voices to the masses who have discussed the infamous topic of bit vs. bitless. Rather than looking at the same argument over and over, we decided to remove pain from our discussion today and look at the physiological effects as well as the learning curve that occurs with the two different methods. 

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Resources

1. https://www.bitlessbridle.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/15MANBITESHORSESubmission.pdf

2. https://patents.google.com/patent/US6591589B2/en

3. https://bitlessbridle.com/the-cha-experiment/

4. http://www.thinklikeahorse.org/images2/Bitless%20Research.pdf

5. https://pearl.plymouth.ac.uk/bitstream/handle/10026.1/3051/2014scofield398746ResM.pdf?sequence=3&isAllowed=y

6.https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Tracy_Bye2/publication/313847493_A_preliminary_investigation_comparing_rein_tension_between_bitted_and_bitless_bridles/links/58aae741a6fdcc0e079a20bc/A-preliminary-investigation-comparing-rein-tension-between-bitted-and-bitless-bridles.pdf

7. https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/7/6/41

8. http://www.quinticsports.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Bridle-Pressure-2015.pdf

 9. https://www.bitlessbridle.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/pathophysiology.pdf

10. https://beva.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/eve.12196

11.https://www.researchgate.net/publication/286956245_A_solution_to_respiratory_and_other_problems_of_the_horse_caused_by_the_bit

12. https://beva.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/evj.13287

13. https://www.phssaddlery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/14ANENDOSCOPICTEST.pdf.