6/ JUNE 2023 THE RIDER MY SPIN: Decluttering Bits - The Rider’s Side


Clutterbug from Toronto


decluttering youtube channels and it brought my decluttering ‘game’ to a whole new level! Here is what my wall of bits looks


By Susan Dahl. Let’s talk about decluttering bits. If


you’re like most riders, you have a prover- bial bucket of unused bits. I spent a month decluttering my house, garage, barn, horse trailer and now bits. I kid you not! I was binge watching these 3 ladies with their


like after a declutter. In a previous article: “Bits Do


Help If You Let Them” (Foundation Reining Training Centre: Bits Do Help If You Let Them (reinersuehorseman- ship.com)) I talk about some bit consid- erations for riders. When decluttering, the experts talk about just keeping your


favorites. This is a Myler 3-Ring Combo bit


(highly recommended) in the Lynn McKenzie series - popular for barrel racers. I have this bit for sale on Face- book Marketplace. A great place to sell decluttered items (if you’ve not heard of it yet :).


From my Bits Help You article: “A lot of riders just use whatever


bit their fellow riders of their sport use. It’s easier that way. I would agree that it’s a good place to start. I know I did. I got the reining bit for showing that rein- ers used back in the 80’s and still use today.


Nothing wrong with that, if it


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works. That’s the key... if it works. But what if it doesn’t - what then? You can ask the local tack shop owner or some- one else but the problem is that misin- formation is taught


to everyone


including trainers. Usually without their knowledge. Whether its pride or igno-


Note the # of empty pegs.


rance that people don’t want to know technically about bits, I can’t say. I’m not going there but I have studied that too - to know the source of why riders are hesitant to ‘go down the bit route’.” Once you’re figured out your best


bits to keep and you’ve done your de- cluttering - ‘kicked the (bits) bucket!’ and got rid of the ones you don’t want, it’s so easy now to pick up that bit you


Myler Lynn McKenzie 3-Ring Combo With Tie-Down


want to use! Putting my Spin on Decluttering


and More on Bits!


Reinersue @KISS Reiners


About Susan Dahl Susan Dahl, ORHA/NRHA past multi-


ple champion, writer, blogger, author and clinician, retired certified profes- sional horse trainer. Owner of Founda- tion Reining Training Centre in Durham, ON. She specializes in effec- tive horsemanship, and reining. For more information on her services: judg- ing, clinics or resale horses, please contact her on facebook, her website: www.reinersuehorseman ship.com or reinersue@hotmail.com


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