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Bit Fitting Lecture and Virtual Clinic with Florence Wetzel and the members of the Brazos Association for Classical Horsemanship

Florence Wetzel doing her first Zoom meeting

Find out how a bit can support or hinder your horse’s performance!

Master level bit fitter, Florence Wetzel of Try My Bits joined us on Sunday, January 31 2021 for an entertaining and informative evening lecture on bit and bridle fitting. Our Texas GMO friends from Brazos Association for Classical Horsemanship in College Station and Bryan also joined us. We had a lovely crowd and wonderful questions to share with Florence. 

Florence is one of only four certified LANTRA bit and bridle fitters in the United States. She represents Neue Schule bits and has worked to find the right bit with riders and horses throughout the US, Canada, and the Netherlands for the last 5 or more years. She’s fitted bits for dressage, hunters, jumpers, eventers and fox hunters. As a longtime competitive rider herself, Florence brings a wealth of horse knowledge and passion to each fitting.

Florence dispelled many myths of bit fitting like the need to see your horse foam while at work or that a shorter shank on a curb bit is more gentle. Contrary to popular belief, the foam often indicates an ill fitting bit and the short shank speeds up the reaction when the curb rein is used. She also told us that in the nearly 1,000 horses she sees every year, nearly 50% of them go around with bits that are upside down and about 70% of them are in ones that are too big for them.

If you missed the meeting, you can enjoy it here

Welcome BACH members!!

To participate in the virtual bit fitting clinic, you will have to do a little homework. However, doing it this way will be a lot less expensive than if Florence came to you. The charge for the virtual fitting is $35 and each trial bit sent to you is $15. You will also have longer to try the bits and decide on which ones work best. She will need about 30 seconds of video of your horse trotting and cantering in each direction under saddle with the current bit on your bridle and 3 photos of your horse’s head (left, right and center) with the bridle on and 1 photo of the bridle with the bit(s) on it. You will then have a discussion with Florence over the phone to decide which bits she should send to you for trial. You will then have 10 days from the day you receive the bits to decide which ones to keep and or send back. This will allow you to try a bit multiple times, and use it when you ride with your trainer.

You can download the fillable form and send it with your photos to Florence directly. Her email address is on the form. Please also add your phone number (sorry for the oversight) so that you can make arrangements to send the videos via WhatApp.

We are so glad that BACH could join us and we’re excited about more upcoming activities to share with them. They are a similarly sized GMO and we hope to partner with them and others across the country to offer our members more programming because it’s always fun to do stuff together! 

We look forward to many happier horses and riders!

To schedule a fitting with Florence please download, fill out and send this form to Florence directly.

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 I acknowledge that I have been given the opportunity to read the Association’s bylaws and agree to be bound by the provisions therein. (Bylaws are available on our website: https://www.southfloridadressageassociation.org/ or through requesting it from any Board member.) As a member of SFDA, I may choose to volunteer for Association responsibilities or activities. I expressly agree that my services are being provided as a volunteer and that I am not an employee of the South Florida Dressage Association. I am neither entitled to nor expect any present or future salary, wages, or other benefits for these volunteer services. I freely and voluntarily seek to participate in any or all programs, events and/or activities sanctioned, produced, or sponsored by the SFDA that include educational and training programs, youth programs, clinics, and/or competitions at any time and at any location. These activities, programs, and events will hereafter be referred to as “the Activities,” and the SFDA, together with its sponsors, managers, property owners, officials, organizers and affiliates and their respective directors, officers, members, employees, agents, volunteers, representatives, and designated officials will collectively be referred to as “Event Sponsor”.In consideration of SFDA allowing me to participate in the Activities, now and in the future, I agree to the following:1. Acknowledgement of Inherent Risks of Equine Activities/Assumption of Risks. Member acknowledges that there are numerous inherent risks of equine activities, whether preparing for, entering, participating in, or leaving the Event. The inherent risks include those dangers and conditions which are an integral part of equine activities, including, but not limited to: (a) the propensity of an equine or other animal to behave in ways that may result in injury, harm, or death to persons on or around them; (b) the unpredictability of the equine’s reaction to such things as sounds, sudden movements and unfamiliar objects, persons or other animals; (c) certain hazards such as surface or subsurface conditions; (d) collisions with other animals or objects; (3) the potential of member or other participant to act in a negligent manner that may contribute to injury to the member or others, such as failing to maintain control over the equine or not acting within his or her ability; (f) the breakage or failure of tack or other equipment; and (g) the potential that an equine or animal may cause injury or harm to the rider or other persons or animals in the vicinity. Member is not relying on Event Sponsor to list within this document all possible inherent risks or all risks of participating in any of the Activities at any location.

2. Waiver and Release of Liability
With full knowledge and appreciation of these and other inherent risks associated with equine activities and the Activities, member freely and voluntarily assumes the risks of the equine activities involved in any aspect of them. In this connection, member also voluntarily agrees to waive any and all rights to sue and hereby releases the Event Sponsor from all liability, loss, claims, or actions for injury, death, expenses, or damage to person or property resulting from the inherent risks of the Event, or resulting from any action or inaction by the Event Sponsor. This waiver and release is effective even if the injury, death or damage to person or property is caused by, or contributed to by, actions or failure to act of the Event Sponsor and which actions or inactions constitute ordinary negligence or a violation of any applicable law pertaining to equine activity liabilities. Neither Member nor Member’s representatives shall make any claim against, maintain an action against, or recover from the Event Sponsor or its sponsors, directors, officers, members, employees, agents, volunteers, representatives, designated officials, or others acting on their behalf for injury loss, damage or death of the Member, to the Member’s horse, or to the Member’s personal property (regardless of ordinary negligence by the Event Sponsor or regardless of an alleged violation of an applicable equine activity liability law.) Notice: A person who is engaged for compensation in the rental of equines or equine equipment or tack or in the instruction of a person in the riding or driving of an equine or in being a passenger upon an equine is not liable for the injury or death of a person involved in equine activities resulting from the inherent risks of equine activities, as defined in sections 773. 01-773.06 of the FLORIDA Statutes.