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well its like this
ever since i got my mare back from her stint at riding schools whilst i sorted my self financially she appears to have become very hard in the mouth.
i had her teeth and back checked and she is fine as i thought this might be causing her to pull down on the bit, she is not forward going but when i do take up the contact along roads etc she pulls down and i suffer RSI so it is very painful for me
i have tried schooling the problem away but this has not worked

i am now looking to buy another bit, one that she will not be tempted to pull down when she feels like it on when i do take up a gentle contact on a ride, she is currently ridden in a french link snaffle

i am at my wits end after a painful hack today, please advise?
thanks in advance
 
forgot to say, i would like to get one tomorrow to ride out tomorrow afternoon and really need your advice, thanks again
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Elastic reins will help your wrists and correct your horse at the same time. Aftr a few rides they realise that they are on to a looser and quit leaning and pulling. Then you can go back to normal reins.

Alternatively a Waterford will mean that there is nothing for her to len on because every joint moves.
 
A waterford is the first thing I thought of but knowing Ser I'm not sure what she'd think of it
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She definintely shouldn't be able to lean on it as it collapses and there is nothing for her to lean on. It's a shame you aren't around as I have a waterford I'm not using at the moment you could have borrowed
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just looking at this bit, it does sound good, it says it helps leaning, she leans on the bit usually so i will not bother with contact and let her plod along with her head fairly low, will this bit help stop this do you think, bless her she is just so lazy!
 
It sounds like her mouth has become uneducated rather than hard, if you teach her not to pull down eventually she'll forget about it.
Our enormous skewbald had been very badly broken by someone, and he had the strength to pull against you.
I tried various bits but found the best one was the Myler snaffle with a high port. I didn't use the chain on it just the bit, and whenever he attempted to lean I lifted his head up with my hands and pushed his bum under him, within two sessions he was a joy to ride.
Within a month he was back in a KK snaffle and although he needed a stronger bit for XC he could be SJ and dressaged in his KK.
I don't know what type of horse yours is, but if it's cobby the high port will work well as it allows the slightly fleshier tongue to fit underneath it.
 
bless her she is generally a lazy plod, heavy ID X Cob, who just wants to stretch down often on our hacks and is murdering my RSI
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she has a thick fleshy tongue, so not lots of room in the mouth
 
sorry to be the negative one here, but I had the same problem with with my large cob x suffolk. I tried the libbys bitless and found it no help what so ever, he still hung. His natural way is to be head to the floor. I have even tried a Waterford and beleve it or not, he even leant on that !!! the one thing I did find that worked was a english Tom Thumb lozenge and riding him forwards into the hand. lots of transitions and leg work, will get you fit !!!!

We are now back into a loose ring snaffle and I have the Tom Thumb for when he starts leaning again.

I used to be crippled in my shoulder after riding, old injury.
 
Is your bit a loose ring? If not I would try that first, and perhaps swap to a tastier mouthpiece like sweet iron or copper.

My horse used to be the same, he now goes best in a loose ring snaffle with copper losenge, although I did use a sweet iron first to stop the leaning. The stronger the bit I put in my horse the more he leans.
 
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