Nosey post! What bit do you have your cobs in?

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My 6 yr old mare hates the nutcracker snaffle and seems to get on better with a french link or lozenge, she's very green so use a drop cheek for better directional signals, she is strong and raises her head, have hunted her in a kimblewick and curb and wouldn't say she was any less strong. She is typical of a cob and will set against you if you let her lean in your hands, so need to give and take with her, would be interested in what combination people use on their cobs, she is in a running martingale. Generally she goes nicely, it's just when shes cross that she will raise her head and stick her nose out and go in whichever direction she chooses, a growl will get her listening again tho!
 
Kimblewick. Shes normally very polite but in the event that she gets her cob head on I have brakes without hauling. She also fusses alot in a snaffle , she seems to like the ported mouth.
 
Boring snaffle for dressage, then a Cheltenham gag for everything else (double for showing). Just gives that extra 'oomph' when he gets a bit too keen!
 
My girl does like the fixed bar of the kimblewick, I think these cobs just don't have enough room for the nutcracker action...... I need to spend some time schooling her!
 
I have a soft mouth 6 year old secton d who is not at all strong - I have her in a straight loose ring snaffle also have a French link and a Mullen happy mouth which I bought on a whim when she was difficult to bridle when i first got her (she wouldn't take the bit and would throw her head up - was just a new home thing I think as she doesn't bat an eyelid now) I lunged her in the Mullen and she seemed unimpressed, nothing major - she just didn't seem to like the feel. I feel she goes best in the French link although tbh she hasn't challenged any of them.
 
mine is in a slotted kimblewick. It's ported and seems to suit him best. He also has scarring through his tongue so I have to be very careful what i do put in there. I don't use the slots although they would be ideal for faster cross country riding and hunting but generally he is polite but can be very competetive if out with something else that likes to take a hold.
 
Myler snaffle most days ,a Wilson snaffle and a Liverpool for driving and a snaffle with copper rollers for fast work as he's a yob when the TBs out in front.
 
Mine hates single jointed bits too. We've used a kimblewick for jumping and a french link hanging cheek for flat work. He's now in a NS waterford universal. It's fantastic.
 
Loose ring french link snaffle for everything (he's not really a cob but a stocky Appy) but he does lean on me a bit so might school him in a waterford again for a bit.

And my mum's ISH is ridden in an NS Universal Gag for everything.
 
Hacks in a nylon two ring gag with a peanut.
Schools in a snaffle with peanut.

Took a while to find the right bit for hacking but she has gone from making your traps feel like they are on fire for days after, to neatly popping into a willing outline the whole way round if you so wished!
 
Try a mullen mouth with her - a lot of cobs (although not all) have got big tongues and small mouths so a thinner bit works well as well.
My girl is in a pelham with double reins and I find it works really well for helping balance her
 
13.3 sec D has a loose ring french link, and loose ring waterford for faster work etc. Both snaffles. But looking at getting a happy mouth/straight bar/neue schule bit as she's rather tense in her jaw!

14.3 sec D is in an eggbutt french link snaffle but she's learnt to lean on the fixed sides so going to try her back in her loose ring lozenge. :)

13.3 used to have a gag for jumping though as she isn't half quick!
 
I've got one in a neue schule loose ring french link and I'm mouthing my youngster is a french link full cheek. Don't like single jointed snaffles and neither do my horses. Everyone is different though.
 
She started off in a french link, tried a pelham, was happier in a single joint snaffle, even happier in a sidepull bitless bridle. I can ride her on the buckle, but when she gets her cob head on I have better brakes than in any bit, and schools well in it too
 
Snaffle, gag or pelham depending on what I was doing. Used to jump in a gag or pelham so we could do hand brake turns :rolleyes: Snaffle for jump schooling / hacking / schooling etc. Pelham to show.

Now he's in a gag with double reins as he's old and opinionated and likes to express his opinion on hacks :cool:
 
Sounds like my lad. We went through all kinds of bits, eventually settled on a NS D ring, with a lozenge. He had a mexican grackle on for really exciting stuff / occasions where he was being a prat.

I tried stronger bits, if anything he seemed to fight them more. I found the D cheeks helped.
 
My welsh D is in sweet iron French link with copper peanut Wilkie/loop bit. Took me a while to find a bit he liked that would help him work in an outline! He has a very soft mouth yet can be occasionally strong, he liked the happy mouth Wilkie too but kept chewing it!lol!
 
Not strictly speaking a cob but she does have the thick tongue, fleshy lips, not much room combination. We use a NS Tranz for schooling and a NS Universal with 2 reins for anything else.
 
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