Arg bitting... HELP

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so Henry my big black cob came to me 3 ring gag (on the 3rd ring - this proved a bad idea as he ended up with cuts in his mouth and very evasive (running away-mostly into hedges walls w/e). so i put him in a half cheek hanging snaffle... this worked well for a while - not anymore... he now is able to set his neck and go steering is more like dragging - generally its not fun. Ideally i want to keep him in a snaffle of kinds so i can compete in local low level dressage.
Also i really hope to start his jump training in earnest soon - can't do that with no brakes.
Any ideas, i really could do with help as its getting silly now...
Thanks
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p.s He tends to start getting reallly heavy leaning on the bit alot... not so much tanking but just decides he doent want to do it...
 
what does he do? does he cross his jaw? does he lean on the bit and tank?


Have you thought about a waterford or the gag in a happy mouth?
 
hi don't know if you will get this as it's late but i would also recommend a waterford mouth piece you can get it with various cheeks including snaffles i believe but it does prevent them from being able to lean on the bit
 
Does he do it in dressage aswell? I use an eggbut snaffle for dressage and a straight bar rubber pelham with a curb as he does what yours does when jumping/hunting/xc/hacking
 
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