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    4 year old mare - Best way to encourage bit acceptance?

    Hi Nato, not really no, it tends to happen more when she's been working for ten minutes or so, or towards the end of a long hack where I have little to no contact anyway, which makes me think its probably more of a mental thing? As in, "I'm fed up of this bit now!" Haha. Her teeth were done...
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    4 year old mare - Best way to encourage bit acceptance?

    Hi Casey, thanks for your reply :) As far as I'm aware her teeth are in good shape, I had the dentist out who sorted some issues further back that way, and also removed two baby teeth that were trapping some incoming adult incisors! That said she is still not keen on rider taking a contact...
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    What are the barmiest yard rules you've had to put up with...

    I once had a horse on loan at a small livery yard. I texted the YO to tell her my horse's owner was coming up the following day to see her. She said this was fine. She then proceeded to have a complete fanny attack after a few weeks of ignoring me because I had let "strangers" on her yard and...
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    4 year old mare - Best way to encourage bit acceptance?

    Hi All, About a month ago I bought a 15hh 4yo warmblood mare. She was sold as "backed" and is now quite happy to walk trot canter away in the school and hacks alone no bother. The only area I'm having a little trouble with is getting her to accept the bit. I recently put her in a sweet iron...
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