katie_and_toto
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Don't really venture in here but was wondering is anybody could help me? What bit would you recommend for a 14.2hh pony, connemara x for xc? He can be a little cautious/nervous at xc because he doesn't often do xc and can be spooky with the fences which can make him a little strong and slightly difficult to turn. Once he gets going and gets over the inital 'OMG!' he's a lot braver and happier, but he can also get a little too brave and get a little strong too. I am slim and short so havn't got much strength behind me, but he never gets very very strong, just a little fast really. At home in the school he is laid back and steady. He is ridden at home in a Myler hanging cheek and a drop noseband that looks like this:
He wears the drop with it to stop him opening his mouth too much, he doesn't like flash nosebands at all.
We have tried a lot of bits but not got on with any of them, I think because they are too much when he is being nice and steady which is most of the time. At the moment I have xc'd him in a NS Universal with a drop noseband but is the best we've tried but still don't think he's very happy in it as it might be a little too much. Really don't want to over bit him. He does not like single jointed bits and we usually use a bit with a lozenge or like the Myler hanging cheek.
Don't know whether to try a rubber bit? But apparantly connemara ponies and connie crosses have large tongues?
Here is Toto at our last time xc schooling
He spooked at the ditch after this and ran off in a circle around it
Sorry for the massive essay, could anyone help?
Don't really venture in here but was wondering is anybody could help me? What bit would you recommend for a 14.2hh pony, connemara x for xc? He can be a little cautious/nervous at xc because he doesn't often do xc and can be spooky with the fences which can make him a little strong and slightly difficult to turn. Once he gets going and gets over the inital 'OMG!' he's a lot braver and happier, but he can also get a little too brave and get a little strong too. I am slim and short so havn't got much strength behind me, but he never gets very very strong, just a little fast really. At home in the school he is laid back and steady. He is ridden at home in a Myler hanging cheek and a drop noseband that looks like this:
He wears the drop with it to stop him opening his mouth too much, he doesn't like flash nosebands at all.
We have tried a lot of bits but not got on with any of them, I think because they are too much when he is being nice and steady which is most of the time. At the moment I have xc'd him in a NS Universal with a drop noseband but is the best we've tried but still don't think he's very happy in it as it might be a little too much. Really don't want to over bit him. He does not like single jointed bits and we usually use a bit with a lozenge or like the Myler hanging cheek.
Don't know whether to try a rubber bit? But apparantly connemara ponies and connie crosses have large tongues?
Here is Toto at our last time xc schooling
He spooked at the ditch after this and ran off in a circle around it
Sorry for the massive essay, could anyone help?
