using a market harborough with a pelham

[nicky88]

I've recently bought a market harborough and wanted to know if its possible to use it with a Pelham with it ?

 

[piebaldsparkle]

That would be a very severe combination, how about schooling your horse???

 

[galaxy]

No. Really no. It should only be used with a snaffle. If you are having that big a problem, get your horse checked over physically (teeth, back, saddle) and then have some lessons with a good instructor. What problems are you having anyway that whould lead you to consider that combination?

 

[nicky88]

my horse is very strong but also stretches his neck out alot but would a snaffle and market harborough be stronger enough to hold him back

 

[icestationzebra]

I'm a bit worried that you want to stop your horse stretching through the neck

 

[galaxy]

Have you had everything checked over?

Do you do schooling to try and gather him together a bit more? Do you have regular lessons?

 

[nicky88]

what im trying to say is he just flops his head down really low and just seems like a bit of a donkey just needed his head to be bought up and in a bit.

 

[Chestnuttymare]

I am a wee bit confused. In the first bit you say he is strong and want something to hold him back, then you say he seems like a bit of a donkey. Perhaps i am picking it up wrong.
Schooling will help him to go in the correct way. You can't use a MH with a pelham. It should only be used with a snaffle.

 

[suzysparkle]

A market harborough won't help with that and should never be used with a pelham.

 

[nicky88]

ok thank you for all your help i needed to find out.
i will be out tomorrow getting a snaffle.

 

[Mrs_Wishkabibble]

A market Harborough encourages a horse to lower his head and shouldn't be effective until he has raised it above an unacceptable height.

 

[ajones]

i dont like market harborough's myself . i prefer to use a Harbridge Training Aid. my boy gets ridden in either a rubber mullen mouth pelham,cherry roller snaffle or dr bristol snaffle depending on what i'm doing, i use the Harbridge Training Aid with all but the dr bristol.

must add that my instructor introduced me to the Harbridge Training Aid.

 

[soph21]

My friend uses a MH with a mylor bit, the reason he wears a MH is because he used to throw his head up so bad that he would almost whack you in the face! He had no top line just loads of muscle under his neck, he had his teeth/back/tack checked and it was all fine, he done this really bad when she bought, he's improved lots in the past few months.

 

[Theresa_F]

I would not use a MH with a pelham.

I have used the MH with great success but with a snaffle. However, long term I was able to school my horses so it was not needed.

The only time I broke that rule is that with Breeze, my very strong old TB I used a MH with a Dr Bristol for hunting and XC - this gave me control and brakes. As I didn't get Breeze until she was 23, and she just knew bounce and flat out, it was the only thing that gave me control when she got very excited.