Myler Low Port and Very Little Brakeing!!

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After being tied down most of her SJ working life, my sensitive mare loves and goes well without a martingale, flash or dropped noseband and in a Myler low port comfort bit.

Lately though, (no doubt due to the fact that we are into the Spring, that she's fit and feeling great)although she is obedient, she has become a little to strong for me when out cantering in fields with friends and having fun:eek:.

I'm not a great rider I admit that although I do have soft hands and use very little contact which she likes. I don't want to start wrenching and pulling to control her. She's a 16hd SFx, with a cob we think and she is quite substantial mare.

I have looked at changing the bit and I can't make up my mind. I don't want to compromise her comfort and frame of mind, but I really do need to have some control sometimes.

Any ideas please?

I'm looking at the Myler long shank, the NS universal and have even considered a pelham or straight bar Myler?

As I've said, she's very sensitive and I will be left in no doubt, if she doesn't like it.
 
If she is happy in that mouthpiece then I would probably try the same style mouth in the myler short shank combination as my first port of call. The combination works by diffusing the pressure from the rein aid to the poll and over the nose and back of jaw, because of the construction of the bit these areas feel the pressure first before the mouth giving her chance to be polite before the mouthpiece itself comes into play. If your mare is polite in a headcollar (ie generally respects pressure on the nose) then the combination could be a good option. It does need to be introduced carefully and the jaw strap fitted tight enough to be snug round the nose (get a finger in between the strap and the nasal bone) for it to work properly - I see them fitted too loose most of the time with the nose section dropping down by people wanting to be kind to the horse - it isn't in this case as then the mouthpiece and poll get all the pressure instead of how it's been designed to work!
 
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