Bitting Advise- need something dressage legal

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Pickle is a big horse with a habit of leaning, I generally school him in a loose ring waterford with rubber bit ring things. This works perfectly, he softens doesn't lean and I have steering (although without rubber bit rings he does tend to try ad pull it through his mouth to avoid) He is hacked in a NS universal and grackle which works a treat.

Now dressage we have problems, bends his head to outside, refuses to soften and leans on me big time. I currently ride him in a full cheek lozenged copper mouth snaffle, which until recently has been fine, however he has now learnt to evade it! A problem I had in the past before finding the NS universal!

SO any ideas welcomed, I considered perhaps a loose ring french link or hanging cheek. Someone suggested a myler but I am very much clueless on them!
 
JessPickle said:
Pickle is a big horse with a habit of leaning, I generally school him in a loose ring waterford with rubber bit ring things. This works perfectly, he softens doesn't lean and I have steering (although without rubber bit rings he does tend to try ad pull it through his mouth to avoid) He is hacked in a NS universal and grackle which works a treat.

Now dressage we have problems, bends his head to outside, refuses to soften and leans on me big time. I currently ride him in a full cheek lozenged copper mouth snaffle, which until recently has been fine, however he has now learnt to evade it! A problem I had in the past before finding the NS universal!

SO any ideas welcomed, I considered perhaps a loose ring french link or hanging cheek. Someone suggested a myler but I am very much clueless on them!
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Jazzy goes really nicely in an MB02 hanging cheek myler - that'd be where I'd start if you wanted to go down the Myler route. You can always hire/borrow one before the outlay?

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dont believe fulmers are dressage legal im afraid but if you look in the BD rulebook which is on their website they list all their dressage legal bits
 
Pixxie said:
dont believe fulmers are dressage legal im afraid but if you look in the BD rulebook which is on their website they list all their dressage legal bits
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Yes they are. Rule 59 part 5 (eggbutt snaffle with cheeks - what you and I would call and fullcheek) and part 6 (loose ring snaffle with cheeks - what you and I would call and Fulmer)
 
Brontie said:
Jess. How did it go with the back check, yesterday? Is he allowing you to mount ok? Sorry if I missed a post :)
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Saddle was re flocked, as I expected as I had a riser on it. To be honest just been jumping on from a high wall since :p not exactly tackling the problem. He was fab at show though to get on and off and that was pre saddle fitting so maybe it was just a funny moment!
 
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