Talk:Bit (horse)

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Contents 1 Page name 2 Champing/chomping at the bit 3 Minor edits 4 Other Bits

[edit] Page name

Why not put this at horse bit and avoid the dab? Snoutwood 09:37, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

Because we call it a "bit." When horse people are looking for info on the topic, they type in "bit." Montanabw 22:01, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

But (generally) they're not going to type in bit (horse). They're probably going to go Bit → Bit (disambiguation) → Bit (horse). So if they're going to come here through the bit dab, why not have it link to horse bit rather than bit (horse)? That way, we don't need the unnecessary parenthetical dab, and I can imagine typing in horse bit as a pagename guess. Snoutwood 06:42, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Champing/chomping at the bit

Should some mention of this phrase be made on this page? That's actually the reason I came to this page. Doktor Waterhouse 06:08, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Hmmm. A trivia section. Worth considering. Thanks for the idea! Montanabw^(talk) 17:02, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Minor edits

Montanbw, going to have to disagree with your last minor edit ("noseband or neck strap"). I don't think we need a disambig here, and also thinking the writing doesn't sound as good. Let's keep it simple. --AeronM (talk) 14:29, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Una gave me the idea by pointing out the neck strap thing (actually it's on one of your bitless bridle sites, should have sourced it at the time, will find it later). You do not own these articles any more than anyone else. So let's just leave these things be. Montanabw^(talk) 05:09, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

Perhaps your time might be better spent rounding up some sourcing needed in the Effects paragraph. --AeronM (talk) 00:21, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Other Bits

Many show societies, sale agents and race clubs require lead horses to use a bit when they are paraded. In racing this is usually the anti-rearing bit. Sometimes colt ring or stallion bits are used but they are less fashionable now.Cgoodwin (talk) 07:40, 6 April 2008 (UTC)