JoBo
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I use a French Link for SJ and Dressage and a Snaffle for XC, both Fulmers.
JoElla
JoElla
What bits do you all use?
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miamibear
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Loose ring snaffle for flat work, loose ring waterford for hacking.
Dont do jumping, too scary!!
Mel x
Dont do jumping, too scary!!
Mel x
Halfstep
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I use a neue schule loose ring with a lozenge. Nice bit! I want the NS baucher tranz, but at around £65, I don't think I can justify it. Used to use a KK, but horse backed off it. Waterford for (rare) attempts at cross country. I have tried the myler snaffle and liked it, but never got round to buying one. Does anyone else think that bits have become way too expensive and faddy? Remember when everyone used a dutch gag? Is the drop cheek french link the new dutch gag.....??? Does anyone at all use an eggbut snaffle any more?
Go4Broke
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Ok you want the full list LOL
Spur: Fulmer snaffle most of the time, has shall we say issues with steering when he feels like it, never any trouble with the brakes just the steering.
Swarenger: good ole eggbutt snaffle, bomb proof horse with the old standby.
Nilla: Either tom thumb snaffle or little e gag. Tends to like to go flat out and run past the barrels.
Bug: Loose ring french link snaffle no mouth issues but this mare has rider issues. Was broke the old cowboy method and has never forgotton it. Might try her bitless and see how she likes it.
Keeper: Bozel (hackamore type thing. Braided rawhide noseband with reins attached)
My old jumper mare used a wonderbit, believe it is called a three ring gag, with a curb chain.
Many of the bits here have different names. I am trying to translate the different ones into English for you. LOL Ok I had to learn to speak American when I first moved here! [ QUOTE ]
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Spur: Fulmer snaffle most of the time, has shall we say issues with steering when he feels like it, never any trouble with the brakes just the steering.
Swarenger: good ole eggbutt snaffle, bomb proof horse with the old standby.
Nilla: Either tom thumb snaffle or little e gag. Tends to like to go flat out and run past the barrels.
Bug: Loose ring french link snaffle no mouth issues but this mare has rider issues. Was broke the old cowboy method and has never forgotton it. Might try her bitless and see how she likes it.
Keeper: Bozel (hackamore type thing. Braided rawhide noseband with reins attached)
My old jumper mare used a wonderbit, believe it is called a three ring gag, with a curb chain.
Many of the bits here have different names. I am trying to translate the different ones into English for you. LOL Ok I had to learn to speak American when I first moved here! [ QUOTE ]
Got Spots?
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loopylucifer
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lucie is normally ridden in a bradon snaffle with grakle works for mad hacking and sometimes sj. xc need somthing a bit stronger as we have been knowen to gallop off round a xc course we use hanging cheek waterford with grakle. and somtimes i use a fench link rugby pelham at home if we get a little over the top which she seems to like but having two reins all the time is too much! and i dont like roundings
Alibear
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French link for schooling , Dr Bristol for hacks and juping (not that we EVER jump).
Would love a NS version of the french link but that will have to wait for Santa.
Would love a NS version of the french link but that will have to wait for Santa.
Farm Kat
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mullen mouth snaffle for all 3 most of the time.
Copy is in his pelham ATM, as he is being a bit strong, and wants to see everything yesterday. Slap me I am only using 1 rein, but i put 2 on before he changes, and 2 for showing. when he's going out and about and more settled just a headcollar
Looking for a mullen mouth hanging cheek..... I don't think they exist.....
Star isn't really a snaffle mouth all the time, pelham occasionally, but i find he backs off, hence hanging cheek, he is only strong to hack, loves wizzing, is great jumping and XC in a snaffle!
Star caverson and martingle, OB flash, Copper caverson. Zeb is yet to be broken
Copy is in his pelham ATM, as he is being a bit strong, and wants to see everything yesterday. Slap me I am only using 1 rein, but i put 2 on before he changes, and 2 for showing. when he's going out and about and more settled just a headcollar
Looking for a mullen mouth hanging cheek..... I don't think they exist.....
Star isn't really a snaffle mouth all the time, pelham occasionally, but i find he backs off, hence hanging cheek, he is only strong to hack, loves wizzing, is great jumping and XC in a snaffle!
Star caverson and martingle, OB flash, Copper caverson. Zeb is yet to be broken
Henry!
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"Looking for a mullen mouth hanging cheek..... I don't think they exist"
Oh but they do. My Welsh Cob didn't really like a jointed bit on his fleshy tongue &, until he was nearly 7, I managed to do dressage in a nathe but with medium canter becoming more a feature in novice tests I seriously feared landing on the judge's bonnet as the brakes became a bit suspect. I got a hanging mullen mouth from the original Bit bank - thinks it's no longer in existence but I know you can get this stainless steel bit. Might have been made by Abbey - try your local saddlery to see if they can order one. I used this since it was the nearest to schooling in his pelham on the top rein BUT it is a bit "wooden" for dressage.
Oh but they do. My Welsh Cob didn't really like a jointed bit on his fleshy tongue &, until he was nearly 7, I managed to do dressage in a nathe but with medium canter becoming more a feature in novice tests I seriously feared landing on the judge's bonnet as the brakes became a bit suspect. I got a hanging mullen mouth from the original Bit bank - thinks it's no longer in existence but I know you can get this stainless steel bit. Might have been made by Abbey - try your local saddlery to see if they can order one. I used this since it was the nearest to schooling in his pelham on the top rein BUT it is a bit "wooden" for dressage.
LauraBR
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French link for everything except hunting (and the beach), where he turns into a bit of a lunatic and needs a pelham.
racingdemon
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Ian - happy mouth french link
pickles - hanging cheek french link or loose ring FL for flat work, hanging cheek FL for jumping, hanging cheek waterford for hunting
Josh - happy mouth FL fulmer
Walter - happy mouth straight bar fulmer
sally - happy mouth FL fulmer for flatwork, rubber straight bar pelham for jumping
Eric - loose ring fulmer
Granny - eggbutt snaffle, cheltenham gag or american gag if my mum or zoe are taking him hunting
i LOVE happy mouths & french links (can you tell!!)
pickles - hanging cheek french link or loose ring FL for flat work, hanging cheek FL for jumping, hanging cheek waterford for hunting
Josh - happy mouth FL fulmer
Walter - happy mouth straight bar fulmer
sally - happy mouth FL fulmer for flatwork, rubber straight bar pelham for jumping
Eric - loose ring fulmer
Granny - eggbutt snaffle, cheltenham gag or american gag if my mum or zoe are taking him hunting
i LOVE happy mouths & french links (can you tell!!)
Farm Kat
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Thanks Henry. I did ask my tack shop, but got so many oh's and Hmm's I left it.
New Forest Show is soon. They usually have huge tack places come down, so hopefully they will have one, or be able to order one. One of the stalls was full to the rafters with bits of all shapes and sizes, and really cheap, and stainless steel I did do a search on the internet, but found nothing.
Must keep trying, at least I know there are some out there.
New Forest Show is soon. They usually have huge tack places come down, so hopefully they will have one, or be able to order one. One of the stalls was full to the rafters with bits of all shapes and sizes, and really cheap, and stainless steel I did do a search on the internet, but found nothing.
Henry!
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Definately. Hey, you can alsways e-mail Heather on her Neue-Schule website and ask her who the stockist was as it was she who got it for me when she ran the bitbank.
I'm just a bit chuffed - had a lesson this am with my 4 year old IDxTB, still just walk & trot, in........an single jointed eggbut snaffle - just to be different
A few of weeks ago he'd have just taken off with me, losing balance, speeding up, overbending, trying to canter, hence I changed to a pelham which I considered better than him being too strong for me in a snaffle. Since we've only needed the snaffle rein for the past week other than for our short canters out hacking & trotting upto tiny cross poles when I have needed the curb I thought I'd see how he went in a snaffle again.
All lovely, regular, steady trot work with crisp transitions to walk & halt & really quite light in the hand. Never tried to canter. The improvement is staggering & most of the time we have just hacked (4x/week).
Sometimes a bit that quickly & clearly says "no you are not just tanking off" can help enormously. Doesn't mean you need to use it forever.
I'm just a bit chuffed - had a lesson this am with my 4 year old IDxTB, still just walk & trot, in........an single jointed eggbut snaffle - just to be different
A few of weeks ago he'd have just taken off with me, losing balance, speeding up, overbending, trying to canter, hence I changed to a pelham which I considered better than him being too strong for me in a snaffle. Since we've only needed the snaffle rein for the past week other than for our short canters out hacking & trotting upto tiny cross poles when I have needed the curb I thought I'd see how he went in a snaffle again.
All lovely, regular, steady trot work with crisp transitions to walk & halt & really quite light in the hand. Never tried to canter. The improvement is staggering & most of the time we have just hacked (4x/week).
Sometimes a bit that quickly & clearly says "no you are not just tanking off" can help enormously. Doesn't mean you need to use it forever.
Lucy_Ally
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Copper loose ring snaffle for schooling, may try one with a lozenge if I can afford to go to the tack shop, and a happy mouth dutch gag for hacking and faster work as he can get quite strong especially in winter.
Honeybee
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Eggbutt rubber and she loves itxxx
juliebrewer
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I use a cavesson and a rubber snaffle bit. straight bar on a newly broken in neddy. snaffles on others.
Scarlett
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loose ring sweet iron snaffles with a copper lozenge on both the young 'uns and a jointed pelham on the Highland....
AmyMay
Situation normal
KK Ultra.
4whitesocks
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Full cheek french link for flatwork
3 ring gag (french link) for xcountry & SJ away from home
3 ring gag (french link) for xcountry & SJ away from home
CastleMouse
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I used to use a Dutch Gag on the middle ring for cross-country, hunting and showjumping (schooling and competing), but recently started using an Eggbutt which Castle goes better in and is less harsh! I have always used an Eggbutt for dressage and flatwork, but now I use an Eggbutt for everything
madhector
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I use a loose ring snaffle with a lozange for Jerry,
Hector has a pelham in for everything bar schooling, which if he is fit enough to manage I use Jerrys loose ring
Hector has a pelham in for everything bar schooling, which if he is fit enough to manage I use Jerrys loose ring
polyphonic
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flat work cyprium snaffle and for anything faster or with the slightest bit of a jump i put him in the sweet iron tom thumb ith cooper rollers
vicijp
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All of my bits are either rubber or metal alloy snaffles, these are the ones they wear at the mo.
Jez: Hanging Cheek, lozenge happymouth. With a single joint you cant touch him in his mouth without him headbanging, and he always tends to have his mouth wide open. He wears a grakle most days to help with steering, but if im not doing a lot it stays off. Hes actually stronger with the grakle, but a lot nicer if you get what I mean.
Big Boy: Goldy coloured, lozenge fulmer. Tend to use fulers on most horses to keep bit straight in the mouth, but he does tend to need it as he can try and whip round.
Terroir filly and Killer Instinct gelding (both 2yo's, just broken): happy mouth, lozenge fulmer - pretty standard for breaking.
Argy Bargy: Same as big boy, they are pretty good bits for most animals.
Jez: Hanging Cheek, lozenge happymouth. With a single joint you cant touch him in his mouth without him headbanging, and he always tends to have his mouth wide open. He wears a grakle most days to help with steering, but if im not doing a lot it stays off. Hes actually stronger with the grakle, but a lot nicer if you get what I mean.
Big Boy: Goldy coloured, lozenge fulmer. Tend to use fulers on most horses to keep bit straight in the mouth, but he does tend to need it as he can try and whip round.
Terroir filly and Killer Instinct gelding (both 2yo's, just broken): happy mouth, lozenge fulmer - pretty standard for breaking.
Argy Bargy: Same as big boy, they are pretty good bits for most animals.
calon
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i have several types of snaffle all loose ring with a beval or losenge which i change regularley also a magic bit which is great and only use my double bridle for show days and i am happy to say my mare has a great mouth changeing the bits i feel keeps her on the ball
PapaFrita
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PF will go in just about anything, but I ride her in a happy mouth straight bar snaffle when she's soft and going well, and the same but a dutch gag when she's not and we're jumping! Saves lots of arguing and means I keep my hands as light as poss
I've tried the Ginger One in EVERY bit I could get my hands on; he's ok in a hanging cheek, HATES anything with a curb, and goes best in dutch gag with ONE rein
and NO curb
I've tried the Ginger One in EVERY bit I could get my hands on; he's ok in a hanging cheek, HATES anything with a curb, and goes best in dutch gag with ONE rein
PapaFrita
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I have also come to the conclusion that there is no such thing as a 'mild' or 'severe' bit, it's all down to the hands on the end of the reins - bits are designed to have a specific action, not be mild or severe, and it is whether the action and the way you ride and therefore affect the bit suits your horse or not that is the issue, not 'strength' of the bit. (I have seen some horses ridden beautifully in a 'severe' bit and others with cut up mouths in a 'mild' bit).
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I could not agree more with this statement, wasn't there some famous equestrian who said something to that effect some moons ago??
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Was it me??? LMAO!!!
Actually. I happen to agree
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I have also come to the conclusion that there is no such thing as a 'mild' or 'severe' bit, it's all down to the hands on the end of the reins - bits are designed to have a specific action, not be mild or severe, and it is whether the action and the way you ride and therefore affect the bit suits your horse or not that is the issue, not 'strength' of the bit. (I have seen some horses ridden beautifully in a 'severe' bit and others with cut up mouths in a 'mild' bit).
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I could not agree more with this statement, wasn't there some famous equestrian who said something to that effect some moons ago??
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Was it me??? LMAO!!!
Actually. I happen to agree
Haflinger
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Dutch Gag for jumping and hacking
Snaffle for flatwork.
Snaffle for flatwork.