fuze
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As there's so many out there, I'm baffled as to what best to try.
Pone in question is a 7yo 14hh cob with a very tiny mouth. I've had him 6mths, and he had "always" been ridden in a happy mouth full cheek snaffle. Snaffle mouthed, yada yada. The bit he came with had been pretty much chewed through and felt like barbed wire, so after a bit of trial and error we ended up in a copper alloy hanging cheek with a lozenge. Happy days.
Now, we're starting to do more exciting stuff with pone (galloping open fields, jumping, xc, faster hacks, etc), and the brakes are failing more than I'd like. He's still relatively green on his schooling which will be worked on this year, but the snaffle just isn't cutting it for us when we're not plodding. Add to the fact he's a rig and can be a handful around other horses, and I'd really like some more control.
So... what am I best off trying? I don't want to whack him in something obscenely strong, but I do need to up the game. Dutch gag? Kimblewick? Pelham, maybe (but I suck at using double reins...)? Tom Thumb?
Suggestions would be appreciated, thanks
Pone in question is a 7yo 14hh cob with a very tiny mouth. I've had him 6mths, and he had "always" been ridden in a happy mouth full cheek snaffle. Snaffle mouthed, yada yada. The bit he came with had been pretty much chewed through and felt like barbed wire, so after a bit of trial and error we ended up in a copper alloy hanging cheek with a lozenge. Happy days.
Now, we're starting to do more exciting stuff with pone (galloping open fields, jumping, xc, faster hacks, etc), and the brakes are failing more than I'd like. He's still relatively green on his schooling which will be worked on this year, but the snaffle just isn't cutting it for us when we're not plodding. Add to the fact he's a rig and can be a handful around other horses, and I'd really like some more control.
So... what am I best off trying? I don't want to whack him in something obscenely strong, but I do need to up the game. Dutch gag? Kimblewick? Pelham, maybe (but I suck at using double reins...)? Tom Thumb?
Suggestions would be appreciated, thanks