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Do you ride every time you bit him? Maybe it's Ice's way of avoiding work to refuse to bridle with the bit; easier for him to clamp shut for the bit than to pull away from the hack. Have you tried bridling him, praising him with whatever works for him, and then taking the bridle off? It might throw him for enough of a loop that something might shake into place. Random thought.
Anyway, if you don't plan on showing and he works well in the hack, I'd stay with it. If it ain't broke... It might take some fiddling with the mouthpiece as well, he could be one of those really picky horses. Maybe try a Billy Allen mouth snaffle?
Anyway, if you don't plan on showing and he works well in the hack, I'd stay with it. If it ain't broke... It might take some fiddling with the mouthpiece as well, he could be one of those really picky horses. Maybe try a Billy Allen mouth snaffle?