20 February 2008 UTC Montanabw that is great and I am glad you teach such a good foundation Side note your duh was a bit of unecessary sarcasm But a good seat does not equal training the rider and horse to be ridden in a halter The horse must undergo a training period as well and yes riding in a bosal and riding in a riding halter are very different Don t get me wrong I m pro bitless riding in whatever form it takes but there is some additional knowledge training required to do it I have foxhunted trail ridden evented and shown in a halter for many many years given clinics on the subject etc so there is really no limit to what you can do with prior proper preparation as one trainer would say 15 57