I know this question has already been asked, but I wanted to ask about them again
I've always ridden my 6 year old mare ( Quarter horse) in an 'O'- ring snaffle. We run barrel patterns and it works okay, but she fights sometimes and has started 'pulling' on the bit when we're warming up. Last summer a friend suggested that I try a hackamore instead. Unfortunately I don't recall what else he mentioned about it but he said Andie ( my girl :wink would most likely do better in one. The only hackamore I've tried with her was an old mechanical hackamore I had hanging in my room- just to try it out.
We just walked the barrel pattern but she became annoyed with it after about 20 minutes. Personally I'm not sure about running her in a hackamore and would prefer a different bit but my mom is pushing for a hackamore.
With a bit, She's okay on turns, al little rough sometimes ( we're still working things out on some of the patterns).Speed and Action is tough because sometimes she doesn't slow down when I ask her to and we don't stop in time. Her turn on that pattern is wonderful though and I sometimes think it's me messing up the pattern. Is there a hackamore that's firm enough to keep her in check with out being to hard or some other bit that might help?? I've tried looking it up on my own many times..but I have no clue what I'm looking for and it's a little discouraging :-(. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated!!
I've always ridden my 6 year old mare ( Quarter horse) in an 'O'- ring snaffle. We run barrel patterns and it works okay, but she fights sometimes and has started 'pulling' on the bit when we're warming up. Last summer a friend suggested that I try a hackamore instead. Unfortunately I don't recall what else he mentioned about it but he said Andie ( my girl :wink would most likely do better in one. The only hackamore I've tried with her was an old mechanical hackamore I had hanging in my room- just to try it out.
We just walked the barrel pattern but she became annoyed with it after about 20 minutes. Personally I'm not sure about running her in a hackamore and would prefer a different bit but my mom is pushing for a hackamore.
With a bit, She's okay on turns, al little rough sometimes ( we're still working things out on some of the patterns).Speed and Action is tough because sometimes she doesn't slow down when I ask her to and we don't stop in time. Her turn on that pattern is wonderful though and I sometimes think it's me messing up the pattern. Is there a hackamore that's firm enough to keep her in check with out being to hard or some other bit that might help?? I've tried looking it up on my own many times..but I have no clue what I'm looking for and it's a little discouraging :-(. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated!!