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Dear Mikmar,
I am an avid Barrel Racer and I got a chance to borrow my friends
Mikmar Combination Bit for a short time last night. After
about 3-4 slow trot and canters around the pattern I picked up the
speed to about 1/2- 3/4 speed and it worked like a charm. My friend
is going to let me use it again on Sunday in a competition, that
will be the true test. And if it goes as it did last night I will
order one on Monday. I absolutely loved it, and come to find out
there is another individual in the organization that I run in that
uses a Mikmar Bit. I think she uses the longer shank one and she
has been winning with it. I had one of the smoothest and best practices
I have had in a long time, and I was very surprised at the bend
that I had. Alot of times you need to be able to reach down lower
on the reins and pull the nose around, and I did it and had the
control. I normally use a tie down and did not use one with this
bit. He stuck his nose in the air around the second but I just pulled
his nose in and he did what he was suppose to do. So I am really
excited about this.
Oh by the way, I used the bit for the second time yesterday and
the first time in competition and we won some money! Got 2nd in
the 4-D!
Thanks,
Sue
Waller, Texas
Dear Mikmar, I show in AQHA, and I also train horses for shows.
I have been looking for the great Mikmar Bit that teaches horses
to flex and give to the head and lower it all at the same time.
When I bought the Mikmar Bit, my mare loved it. The bit is very
easy to work in, and gets results fast. I have been using it everyday...
and WOW... I can feel the difference! When I went to the show, and
put her show bit on her head, she stayed the same, as like she was
wearing the Mikmar Bit, and we placed in the top 5! Thank you soooooooo
much on your great Bit. I have highly recommended it for all my
students.
Amanda
Testimonial letter from Judy Lee: I was first introduced to
the Mikmar bit in 1972 when I began taking riding lessons at Buckeye
Ranch. I had taken over riding a two-year-old buckskin Poco Bueno
bred filly that had such a severe head throwing habit that I could
actually see her front teeth from the saddle when she slung her
head. She was immediately put into the Mikmar and the development
of her mouth and my hands began. Within a few weeks she no longer
threw her head at all, and was softening and giving nicely.
At her first show, four months later, she placed fourth in an
Open Western Pleasure Class, and went on to have a very long, successful
show career. Twenty-three years later, I still use the Mikmar on
all the colts I start, as well as the older, seasoned horses. I
haven't found a horse that hasn't benefited from the Mikmar. All
of my students use it too, whether they ride my horses or their
own. It is a very forgiving bit and is excellent to develop a rider's
hands. Every student who uses one, wants one.
Amazingly, within minutes of first riding a colt with the Mikmar,
they begin to soften, give and bend, and later, the transition to
a show bit is always smooth and non-eventful.
I have a box full of bits I never use. I have three I use all
the time: a good snaffle with a rope noseband, a Mikmar, and a show
bit.
P.S. I'm still using the first Mikmar I ever bought in 1972. They
literally last a lifetime.
Judy Lee Dickson, TN 37055
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