Joyous70
Well-Known Member
I have been schooling my mare as per my instructors advice in a pelham recently, then back into a snaffle every 2 or 3 sessions, however after the first ride in the pelham she managed to get her tongue over the bit, so when I next used it I popped it up one hole, she has been schooling, fast work and jumping in it really nicely.
FF to last night we had a lovely schooling session and had finished, but stood talking to a friend, so my mare was just stood relaxing, just as i was about to pick up the reins to walk back to the yard i felt her mouthing the bit thought nothing of it, and then noticed her tongue lolling and twisting around, jumped off and she had got her tongue over again.
So my question is should i be worried about this? do some horses just like to fiddle? is it too much pressure on her tongue? i would try a ported pelham, but the ports seem to be very narrow and shallow and don't appear to offer much in the way of tongue relief, plus she has a low pallet although goes well in her happy tongue bomber.
FF to last night we had a lovely schooling session and had finished, but stood talking to a friend, so my mare was just stood relaxing, just as i was about to pick up the reins to walk back to the yard i felt her mouthing the bit thought nothing of it, and then noticed her tongue lolling and twisting around, jumped off and she had got her tongue over again.
So my question is should i be worried about this? do some horses just like to fiddle? is it too much pressure on her tongue? i would try a ported pelham, but the ports seem to be very narrow and shallow and don't appear to offer much in the way of tongue relief, plus she has a low pallet although goes well in her happy tongue bomber.