Bitting numpty

bigboyrocky

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One of the p2p horses at work, has decided its fun to take the bit and just p*ss off. Now, it would be okay if we were galloping them uphill, but were not... the gallops are completley flat... and its pretty scary pelting down there at 100 miles an hour :p

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Hes done it once with me before, a couple of times with the other girl who works there, and today with boss/trainer.. He was not happy :p

Hes not had much experience with any other bits other than snaffles so asked me what i thought.. and because my pony goes in a snaffle for everything, im pretty uselss too.

It would only be for galloping him at home, (would use snaffle for hacking and racing) but we just need something to make him listen to the person on top.

He carries his head fairly high naturally (even with martingale), and this doesnt change when he decides to p*ss off with you. He just takes the bit, and theres nothing you can do. So i was thinking a waterford or somthing simular, boss was thinking a gag... tbh neither of us have much of a clue.. so please help!
 
I would suggest a pelham with two reins so you can ride him mainly off the snaffle rein and use the curb rein only when necessary. Also, the leverage of the pelham naturally encourages the horse to lower his head and neck so this should help if he carries his head quite high normally.
 
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