Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Ode to the Nathe

Oh Nathe bit,
in all of your wire and rubbery goodness,
how you keep my hands soft when they want to be strong,
preserving my ponies' gentle mouths.
Thank you for teaching me that a hot horse
sometimes simply needs the kindest solution.
No Pelham, nor gag, nor any exquisite bit offering quick results
can please my horses the way you do.
I want to tell the world,
shout from atop the tallest mountain,
"Hello world! Look no further! For the Nathe has come to solve your problems!"
A horse only gets one mouth in his life,
it is time we learned to respect it,
not destroy it.
It is time we learned to ride!

-William Shakespeare
(via Kelsey Siegel)

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