i only ride in betex breeches made by rts,they are about £100 but found a website that does them for £85,they are full seat and last for years -do not shrink or get baggy when washed.
i agree it would seem that if your horse is vaccinated it may be more vunerable,i remember going to your horse live two years ago and they talked to me and my friends about it ,they were certian it would prevent your horse from getting the virus,it would seem they are wrong.
h has a kk snaffle with lozenge all the time apart from,in the winter i use a waterford snaffle to go galloping in as gets very fresh.
a mild bit can still be servere if it is used in correcty or in the wrong hands.
i know how you feel harry is appoloosa so suffers mainly on his nose,you arnt feeding alpha a ,are you becsuse that is what i fed harry when he was really bad and apprantly there have been studies on lucerne and it is photosensitive also check if you feed spillers feeds they all have lucerne in...