Pelham Advice Please?

[Lollii]

Has anyone experience with Pelhams please? I have a horse that goes well in a NS Waterford snaffle except when hunting, he snatches and pulls the reins out of my hands, lunges at jumps and basically is *very rude* and I can't hold him, I have borrowed a mullen mouth pelham which he seemed to go ok with on a hack but I can't use it when I am hunting as it is not mine and the owner of this bit will be using it when we go out hunting again so I need to buy one.

I have seen a Swales Pelham advertised that mentions that it is good for horses that snatch and lean - has anyone tried one? any advice on Pelhams for rude horses please?

 

[muddy_grey]

I don't know about a swales pelham, but I jumped and fast hacked my old horse in a french link pelham with roundings. In a snaffle she would snatch and lean and was generally very hard to stop. I found the pelham allowed me to hold her and stop the snatching and just made it more enjoyable for us both. She was better in jointed bits as it was harder to lean.
Might be worth borrowing from a bit bank to try hunting and see if it works for you.

 

[Lollii]

Thanks for the reply, I will have a look on the bit bank website - good idea!

 

[Nari]

I've never used one but my understanding is that they do away with the poll pressure that's part of a normal pelham's action. Whether that would be a plus or minus for your horse only you know, I'd be inclined to say if a normal pelham worked well then stick with that.