does anyone else have to regularly change there horses bit?

[LadyRascasse]

i have to change my mares bit every few months. she seems to take about 3 months to figure out a bit and then work out how to lean on it and avoid work with it.

does anyone else have this problem, it is starting to turn into an expensive habit

 

[Bosworth]

yes!! my old boy was a nightmare - it took him about 15 mins to sort out exactly what was in his mouth. to do my dressage teste I would warm up in a vulcanite pelham - then quickly change him into a hanging cheek vulcanite snaffle - exactly the same size and dimensions as teh pelham. i had about 15 mins to get through my test and get out before he worked it out. I would school in a different bit every day and rotate my 15 bits including the pelham so I could get him to work for me.

Strangely enough it was only every flatwork that required the bit changing. Jumping he was a total star in his pelham and hacking he could do in a happy mouth loose ring.

 

[soulfull]

I used to with Beacon until I put him in a d ring myler and he stayed in that for a very very long time

 

[vhf]

Yes, have just added a libby's scrawbrig bridle to the d-ring waterford bridle and the NS verbindend bridle that clutter the boot of my car. hey ho.

 

[Sophiesmum]

As Bosworth - had to alternate between a few for flatwork, but hunting was OK in the same one (once we found one that suited)!

 

[simplyhunting]

I have this problem with my lad, although he tends to work a on a timescale of one ride then he's got it figured! He tends to figure it out then work out possible routes out it. Currently I rotate a loose-ring french link, a cherry roller, a waterford, and a dr bristol and double bridle I also have to switch the nosebands too which go from either the grackle or the kineton.
x

 

[ester]

I save my flatwork bit for flatwork only now, we have had a few changes over the years hoping can stick for a bit now!
I dont use it for anything else, I can jump in it but dont (loose ring thiinish snaffle). Have always used a hanging cheek to jump in, gag to hack (only as spooky welsh otherwise) and pelham for xc.

 

[Mickeymoo]

Yes, on the advice of Micks dentist I should change bits every 2 weeks.

I school normally in a snaffle, but am currently using a sweet iron.

I hack and jump at home on a copper roller.

I jump at comps on a waterford snaffle.

and I hunt on a waterford gag.

I have the hole settings for bridle for each bit written on my stable wall. lol.

 

[Gleeful Imp]

Yup - flatwork in a Neue Schule loose ring snaffle, jump and hack (SJ and XC) in a NS universal, and show in a NS pelham. We do workers in the universal though due to my inability to cope with 2 reins over fences!