Request for information for my first pony Club ODE

[Sir_Gwain]

Well I have bitten the bullet and sent off my entry for for the Essex And Suffolk Hunt Branch Of The Pony Club ODE at Stratford Hills on the 8th July.

I have the following question.

My horse, a 15.3, Connemara X ID, is lovelya nd I ride him in a Wexford snaffel. He goes very well in this.

Having looked at the PC rules I can't see this bit included in the allowed list. If I have to go back to a "standard" snaffel what would you suggest?

Owen has a tendancy to bite down on the "standard" snafel and just go hell for leather, hence the change to a wexford.

Has anyone competed Pony Club ODE in Wexford?

All answers gratefully recieved.

Im sure i will have lots more questions over the next couple off weeks.

 

[Thistle]

Rules usually just apply to dressage phase. although PC does not allow Myler combo's. Dressage allows all BD legal bits and also grackle nosebands.

What is a Wexford, not heard of it. We use a Waterford for XC.

 

[Sir_Gwain]

LOL, yeah. My Bad. I meant a Waterford.

 

[Thistle]

So you'll need a different snaffle for the stressage, try a french link, hanging cheek possibly. The waterford will be fine for SJ and XC

 

[Paint it Lucky]

I'd imagine the rules are just for dressage, not SJ and XC. For dressage you could try a french link or lozenge bit, or prehaps a nathe/happymouth straight bar as these are bendy bits so nothing to bite hold of.

 

[morgan4eva]

Have competed in a Waterford at PC ODEs for SJ and XC but def not allowed for dressage. My boy wears a KK loose ring lozenge bit- I have found that as he wears the Waterford most of the time, for the short time he is in the KK for the dressage and warm up he is fine - he wears the Waterford as he is very heavy in the hand and has learnt to lean on the bit.

 

[Sir_Gwain]

Cheers all. I have gone for an egg butt french link. He seems to be going ok in it during our training. Now if only i could remember the second half off the test.