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  1. Horse Tack, blankets and Equipment Queries
    Hello all, I’m currently on the search for a new bit. My mare has had experience riding in bits (typically a loose ring happy mouth, double jointed) however, due to a few traumatic experiences I’ve had riding horses with hard mouths in bits I opted to train her in a halter/bitless bridle, then...
  2. Horse Talk
    I found this very interesting video on bits specifically snaffles and how horses react to them and what happens. It is older, and there are some long pauses where it is just the same picture but otherwise really eye opening. It is interesting how people will put cavassons and flash nosebands on...
  3. Horse Tack, blankets and Equipment Queries
    Okay so I was riding in a snaffle but she ran right through it. I was recommended a high port chain but and it work for a while but she still won't slow down and she keeps backing up and I think it's pinching her. I need help finding the perfect bit. She is a Peruvian paso. About 21. She won't...
  4. Training, Performance Problems advice & queries
    This is a discussion about horses that are heavy on the bit! If your horse is leaning on the bit, pulling, or being generally unresponsive: What techniques have you tried to help your horse become lighter on the bit? How long did it take for you to see improvement in your horse's...
  5. Horse Tack, blankets and Equipment Queries
    I’m planning on retiring a thoroughbred from the track and hope to have it become a barrel racer. What bits do you guys suggest for a tb coming straight off the track learning to do flatwork? obviously we have some ground work to do before even get into riding.
  6. Horse Tack, blankets and Equipment Queries
    So, my horse and I compete in showjumping. He is a very hot horse who tends to rush towards the fences, ending up jumping them flat and knock the poles on the uprights. He was trained in a semi flexible rubber bit, on the thinner side when he was young. Thicker bits are out of option, because...
  7. Horse Tack, blankets and Equipment Queries
    Hi everyone! i need help or advice for bits for my gelding. He currently has a straight bar happy mouth eggbut but he doesn’t like the ridges and i also need something dressage legal. He is sensitive but also can be strong and doesn’t seem to like stainless steel bits. Before i got him he was...
  8. Training, Performance Problems advice & queries
    He can only ride smoothly and stay consistent in his gait when his head is raised more vs tucked. He likes to tuck his head and run through the bit into a full rough pace (but only when we ride with other horses, otherwise he’s well mannered). He rides Smoothest in a consistent 4-beat gait. His...
  9. General Riding queries
    Hi! I compete in show jumping with my mare. At home, both for flatwork and jumping, she uses a double jointed bit and sometimes a waterford bit. One of the double jointed bits is a loose riding snaffle with the peanut middle part and the other is an eggbut Dr. Bristol bit. At shows, she tends to...
  10. Horse Talk
    I have a 9-10 year old TWH, I was thinking about putting him in a wonder bit. Someone said that it’s a training bit only I’ve been riding him in a long shank walking horse bit since September. He pretty much does everything that need him to do UNTIL we’re at a trail ride and say that I want to...
  11. Horse Tack, blankets and Equipment Queries
    Please help me out with identification, history, value, or fun facts. I appreciate any help.
  12. Training, Performance Problems advice & queries
    Hi! I have a 12 year old portuguese sport horse mare. She is a fantastic jumper, loads of scope, elasticity, brave... My mare was a late bloomer, she was only broken at the age of 4 and they prepared her as fast as they could for the show ring. 1 year later, as a 5yr old she was jumping 1,20...
  13. Horse Tack, blankets and Equipment Queries
    Preferably sweet iron. Its an old Darnell bit my trainer has and my horse loves it. Shank style I’m open to, but I like the longer purchase on this one. I’ve got a vintage sterling Fleming with a low port I can trade if interested.
  14. Horse Tack, blankets and Equipment Queries
    Okay, so right now I have my 4-year-old OTTB in a dr. bristle bit. However, he still seems to push through the bit and push his face up, and pulls on my hands. Obviously he is still learning (we are just learning how to canter) but, I don't think he likes it very much. What would you suggest...
  15. Horse Tack, blankets and Equipment Queries
    Does this bit seem too big? Bought the size she wears in her snaffle but I'm not sure. I've always ridden my molly in a snaffle. She wears a 5" and always has. I bought a correction bit to try her in, also a 5". There's a little bit of mouthpiece showing at the edge of her mouth. Is this a...
  16. General English Riding Queries
    My horse is a former ranch/games horse from what I know of his history. I'm transitioning him into English since he moves like an English horse and has taken to jumping and dressage much more than anything western. He takes up contact well and rounds his back well - but only in a western curb...
  17. Horse Tack, blankets and Equipment Queries
    A while ago I got a little mare, she's about 13.3, she is doing great now but she was extremely underweight. She is 8 years old I think and I started her under saddle about a month and a half ago. She is going great and taking everything in stride. But I am starting to have trouble turning...
  18. Training, Performance Problems advice & queries
    My gelding was trained for years in a twisted snaffle. Since I bought him and have learned more about bit abuse, I really want to not use such a harsh bit. (He hasn't shown any signs of pain from it and is cleared by the vet btw). Anyway I read that some horses loose feeling in their mouths and...
  19. Horse Tack, blankets and Equipment Queries
    I'm thinking about switching things up with my horse. I ride him in a plain single jointed D ring for schooling and usually show in a short shank pelham. Nothing is really wrong with his schooling bit but I find the D ring looks kind of stupid because for a big 17hh horse he has a petite face...
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