Traditions run deep in the horse world. From tack to training, to the terms we use ...WHY? - I figure it doesn't hurt to ask! Hey sometimes I've found there's a good reason - someone way smarter than me "invented the wheel" and doesn't need ME to re-invent it :) So I'll keep asking...

Like the new bride whose husband asks "Why do you cut off the ends of the roast before you cook it? — that's the best part!" She answers, "That's the way my mother always made it." 
So when the guy raises the question at Christmas dinner, mother in law shrugs, "that's the only way it will fit in my pan!"

What about you?- anything you do differently with your horses after doing some snooping into the research? Or with a few years of wisdom under your belt?