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Sounds like he is just backing off the pressure in the kimberwick. making him seem 'round' and 'light'.
He needs to learn to react to a snaffle. Being ott they do not understand about how to respond and soften to a bit as they are taught to lean on the bit to balance when racing.
There is an excellent post in the training section about an ottb's head set. dantex (sorry I can't remember the last bit of their username!) wrote out a superb description of re-training a tb and getting them accustomed to the life of an english horse rather than a race horse.
Go and have a read of that then if you have any more questions come back and ask
But please don't just try and keep changing the bits and going to harsher bits than a snaffle. One of my pet hates is seeing ottb's in harsh bits and gadgets up to their eyeballs to get them 'round'.
He needs to learn to react to a snaffle. Being ott they do not understand about how to respond and soften to a bit as they are taught to lean on the bit to balance when racing.
There is an excellent post in the training section about an ottb's head set. dantex (sorry I can't remember the last bit of their username!) wrote out a superb description of re-training a tb and getting them accustomed to the life of an english horse rather than a race horse.
Go and have a read of that then if you have any more questions come back and ask
But please don't just try and keep changing the bits and going to harsher bits than a snaffle. One of my pet hates is seeing ottb's in harsh bits and gadgets up to their eyeballs to get them 'round'.
