rhi.torrens
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Please can I get some advice re my horses bit. I tried to post it on Facebook but the bitless- people came for me haha.
My ISH mare has been in a Dutch gag - second ring- for most of the time that I’ve had her (3 years). (Some backround, I bought her unseen from a dealer in Ireland who turns out to have only had only had her 3 days before selling her and then blocked my on all socials so I have none of her history - but she was clearly a ‘mans horse’ and used to very heavy hands, which I’m the opposite of.)
She is a bolter but when she’s behaving she’s really quite chill. I think she likes her Dutch gag as I’ve never seen any signs of her not liking it, but she’s soft mouthed and I want a bit that is competition legal, lots of places around me don’t allow gags.
Any ideas of a bit that provides enough poll pressure to help me regain some sort of control while she’s bolting but not harsh on the mouth?
I tried her in a snaffle when I first bought her but having been bolted with 3 times for near enough a mile each time along a, thankfully quiet, road. I thought it’s likely safer to get a stronger bit, and I’ve used Dutch gags on many of my non- competition horses.
TIA!
My ISH mare has been in a Dutch gag - second ring- for most of the time that I’ve had her (3 years). (Some backround, I bought her unseen from a dealer in Ireland who turns out to have only had only had her 3 days before selling her and then blocked my on all socials so I have none of her history - but she was clearly a ‘mans horse’ and used to very heavy hands, which I’m the opposite of.)
She is a bolter but when she’s behaving she’s really quite chill. I think she likes her Dutch gag as I’ve never seen any signs of her not liking it, but she’s soft mouthed and I want a bit that is competition legal, lots of places around me don’t allow gags.
Any ideas of a bit that provides enough poll pressure to help me regain some sort of control while she’s bolting but not harsh on the mouth?
I tried her in a snaffle when I first bought her but having been bolted with 3 times for near enough a mile each time along a, thankfully quiet, road. I thought it’s likely safer to get a stronger bit, and I’ve used Dutch gags on many of my non- competition horses.
TIA!