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I am giving him a chance I just want to make it easier for him which I explained so I would appreciate helpful advice not this thank you very much

yeah theres usually 2-3 horses in which are all extremely calm in the stables which I thought would help him. I give him a haynet and feed but he barely touches either.

Hi I have recently moved my horse on Saturday to a new yard, hes a throughbred so naturally hot headed. Hes settled well into the field but everytime I bring him up to the yard he gets really het up, if I put him in his stable he dances at the door, shaking his head and box walking, just looks...

My horse is quite bargy coming out of the stable to and from the field, also just in general leading round the yard, on and off the trailer, does anyone know of any good control headcollars there is that they would recommend just so I can have a bit more control and do more groundwork with him :)

the only thing im concerned about is the amount of pressure they put on different parts of the head but as you said if the horse goes better in them then its better than constant pulling of there mouth!x

Thankyou! I might give bitless a try and hopefully it will work, as I said were not having any major problems im just concerned about the amount of pressure of his bit he has as its quite severe

ive tried him in a metal and rubber Pelham and he just leans and doesn't listen at all, he came to me in a combined/lever noseband so that applies even more pressure but I have taken this off and used no noseband but again hes just very strong and takes advantage of this

I mean he has no food with added sugars etc, hes half throughbred and came to me skinny(only had him 3 months) so requires a lot of feed, he has a lot of exercise its just his bitting/strongness problem

thankyou! going to try all these things to see what works best for him x

I do have a feeling he may be in some sort of pain, we have had his teeth and everything checked so its just the bit causing problem. I am seriously considering trying him bitless! thanks x

ah yeah that could be a possibility, might give it a go! thanks x

Anyone recommend any nice comfort bridles? Not sure what brand is best Preferably brown leather

I have a really strong 15h horse, currently ridden in an American gag.. I have tried lowering his bit but hes just too strong even in the arena I can cope with him fine but I would like to be able to lower his bit and have him a lot calmer He also gets a sore mouth because of it Hes on...

Recently brought a lovely TB X but noticed he has quite a lot of lumps around the noseband area, when I brought him he was in a combined noseband so it doesn't sit on the lumps, he also has a few rubs and scars, I think in the past he has had very tight nosebands or pulled on hard in a head...

Recently brought a 14.2 TB X he's not that skinny just been out of work and has lost a lot of muscle especially on his backend, he's doing regular work now to build up muscle and in a field with lots of grass and a small hard feed with chaff,conditioning mix, dried grass and a few supplements...