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Post by lolamae on Jan 2, 2008 6:15:32 GMT 1
as the case may be. Admit it or not, we all like to know what tack others use, or why they use a certain item of tack.....so, as the title says, what bit/s, or not, do you use and why did you settle on that one? I ought to start, I guess. Fergus: Globe pelham, because he likes straight bars and this is the only one that he actually takes any notice of. Robin: Myler mouthpiece type curb, because she is trained to a curb and again, it's the only bit I have found that she is happy in, and I have tried a lot. (English bitting mentality does not gel with this western trained horse) All the others go in french link filet bauchers, hackamores or bosals.
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Post by xsamx on Jan 2, 2008 8:20:54 GMT 1
Well im probably going to get jumped on and shouted at here but i ride Alfie is a waterford gag. I school on the snaffle ring and hack on the second ring, why? he is strong! Especially when he see's other horses out hacking he starts prancing about and shizz. Ive got to get him back to working in a snaffle again so will be progressing back to my snaffle in the summer I ride Lizzie is a sweet iron loose ring, we show in a butterfly pelham. Misty is ridden in a copper snaffle and shown in a Wilkie. And i dont ride Molly but she has a loose ring, french link snaffle
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Post by rhillahorse on Jan 2, 2008 8:33:10 GMT 1
Hi sam! *waves* I ride in a copper roller egbutt snaffle (I try very hard for the 'nutcracker' action not to come into play by only squeezing one rein at a time). I was going to try a French link, but then worried about the tongue depressing action. Also thought about a loose ring, but worried about fuzzy signals. Yes, I over-analyse! I'm open to advice and suggestions about bits.
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Post by yatva on Jan 2, 2008 9:16:09 GMT 1
I ride in a loose ring hollow mouth thick snaffle. I have tried thin eggbutt and french link. Had yanking on reins and head tossing in both, tried loose ring, no head tossing, working in light contact, no yanking on the reins. conclusion, girl likes the bit. She is also in a flash noseband and a martingale, just for safety, not tight either, she won't tolerate a tight noseband, have to be able to get at least one finger in.
I have ridden her without a noseband and she was good, but somehow more hesitant and less confident, don't know how to explain that, perhaps she was picking up on my vibes !
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Post by ba on Jan 2, 2008 9:26:01 GMT 1
I ride in a straight bar pelham - two reins for shows.
others treid and discarded for one reason or another are.....Happy mouths, loose ring snaffle, hanging cheek snaffle, 2/3 ring gag.
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Post by Cheryl Walmsley on Jan 2, 2008 9:42:12 GMT 1
I ride Sherb mostly on the dually, if I do use a bit, his is a loose ring french link. he stops very lightly in the dually IF he is concentrating. If he seriously doesn't want to stop, the dually doesn't do the trick. the french link he will stop for in mostly all circumstances. I think in bolting situations I would prefer him to take a while to stop than him have a stronger bit because in those situations he tends to be unbalanced with being a baby, every so often he will unbalance me and I wouldn't want to give him a jab with anything strong. Like when I fell off the other week. He wouldn't stop but he wasn't going really fast he was just bucking and rearing, he would defintely have got a jab in the mouth if he had a bit in that day, obviously as I was in the process of falling off, I wasn't in control of my hands.
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Post by ellibell on Jan 2, 2008 9:43:20 GMT 1
I have tried so many bits over the years. Guy used to prefer his dr bristol best.
Elliott has been a nightmare for bits. he was started in a loosering copper mouthsnaffle. He has had pelhams, hanging cheeks, think we have gone thru every snaffle there is from myler to kk. We then put him in a bitless (and he has had a fewof them to, from halters, sidepulls dr cooksscawbriggs), I improved my riding and confidence, and he is now settled in a loose ring french link losenge snaffle. He is ready to move into a curb and I am waiting for a myler curb to arrive. Tried loads of curbs and he just had to like th emost expensive the best! Typical!
Laurel is in a french link fulmar at the mo as she is being started and will prob end upin a french ling snaffle when done. She is still being longlined off a halter ATM but wears to bit with no reins attached and will eventually have them attached as she progresses in her ridden career. Walter is in a scrawbrigg bittless bridle and will stay in that when in his saddlecharriot.
Lucy will prob end up in a bosal as she has wolf teeth. The vet thinks they will not bother her, but before she has a bit in, Iwant her to understand the seat aids so Icantell if she just does not understand what I want or if the bit is hurting her. If so she will have then taken out, but as she is only 3yrs and is about to start a yr of long lining1st, thats a way off yet.
Flynn will be started the same way in 2 yrs time as a 4yr oldand will prob progress onto a snaffle. time will tell what he needs/prefers etc.
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Post by MirandaSophie on Jan 2, 2008 9:52:04 GMT 1
French link other than when out- then it's a pelham
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Post by l17 on Jan 2, 2008 11:11:24 GMT 1
I had my pony in a loose ring french link. I felt it was a bit thick for his mouth so I decided (on advice) to try a neue scheule hanging cheek lozenge with a narrower mouth piece. Fizz really likes it. I don't have a problem with brakes, but he will throw his head up if he doesn't like the bit. I chose it because it is suspended in the mouth rather than pressing on the tongue.
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Post by indibindi on Jan 2, 2008 11:14:58 GMT 1
All in KK Sprenger Ultra Snaffles. Bar one who is in a kimblewick cos she's been ruined in the past out hunting like a nutter.
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Post by beckie on Jan 2, 2008 11:29:18 GMT 1
Deej was in a Dutch Gag when I got him... It didn't stop him bolting madly though so I couldn't see the point He went bitless with me in a Dr Cooks and was fab, could have been because I gave him 5 months off work and then re-started him bitless and treeless with lots of ground work etc. but he never bolted once in it Don't ride him now though as I think he is uncomfortable, but if he was ridden again it would definatly be in a Dr Cooks Ebony has a hanging cheek waterford snaffle, slightly more control than an ordinary snaffle and there's nothing for her to lean on, so she's lighter and works better in it than in a snaffle Graham is in a loose ring happy mouth snaffle He goes well in it
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Post by Donnalex on Jan 2, 2008 11:46:43 GMT 1
My favourite bit is the Kangaroo Dewsbury link, I tend to try that one first with a new pony as I like the soft feel most of them give with it. I often couple it with a drop noseband to teach them to relax the jaw. Often after being schooled in this combination, they go really softly in a cavesson for shows.
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Post by Selkie on Jan 2, 2008 11:55:09 GMT 1
My boy has been in one of these since I got him over 2 years ago, it's a sweet iron bit with a copper lozenge. when I got him he had been ridden in a single jointed snaffle, but he didn't seem completely happy in it, he was a lot more relaxed in the new bit.
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Post by horsey123 on Jan 2, 2008 13:07:36 GMT 1
on a hack the dually schooling sweet iron french link
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Post by KateD on Jan 2, 2008 13:42:18 GMT 1
Plain eggbutt snaffle for me (well, not me, Maestro). Thelwall78 and I joke about my 'super snaffle-mouth hunter', while she has a 'crazy cob in a Kimblewick'............ :-)
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