Best correction bit
Others will need to be moved up to a medium or high port bit. With the higher port, there is less tongue pressure and more bar pressure. The majority of horses will respond well to this.
Ride these horses with a mild bit and they just take advantage of you. I have a horse like this in training right now. In reality, most horses will slack off from time to time and not work up to their potential. They will test you by being heavy. Either they refuse to lighten up at all or they will get light for a while and then revert back to being heavy. But NOT so strong that it scares the horse. Remember, a horse that is scared or worried will not work to his full potential.
You want him attentive and responding well but not afraid. One is for horses that are still in the o-ring snaffle. The other, I use on horses that are in a transition bit or a regular curb bit.
The correction mouthpiece will really get the horse responding well… especially for the stop. This type of curb bit can easily be used on a snaffle bit horse because the shanks are so short and curved back that there is almost no curb action. Usually, a dog-chain curb works well. I hope this information helps you with your horse training. If you would like to see what the different types of bits look like, click on the links below. You can contact Larry via his website: Hi, um I have a 14 year old Arabian mare that I have been working with for a year now, and she was never really tried in a bit.
She was only ridden in a Hackamore and never had proper training. Then I started riding her in winter and over the summer in about April I started to work her in a bit. We did 4-H and we placed 2nd for overall senior novice. So then I started to ride her hack because I was fed up with her bit problem. But now she listens to leg pressure, neck rein and lopes when asked but thats all in her hack and I would like to get her started back in a bit.
So what kind of bit would be a good one to start her in? But I would use her hack for barrel racing and poles. I have been told to never practice with the bit u will show in…. And I have been told always practice with the bit u will show in….. Hi Jan, A lot depends on the horse. Hi Larry, when or how do you decide to use a hackamore? I know you have a video that covers how to use it but you did not mention it here.
Do you start in a snaffle then go to a hackamore? Thanks in advance i just purchased your online training on stopping. In most cases riders will be using some type of bit and have no interest in using a hackamore bosal. When starting a colt, I usually use a hackamore to start them and stay with the hackamore for a month or so.
Then I switch to a snaffle. What a relief to read an article about bits and bitting that gives specific information and lists the specific bits you use-when and why!
I will read this article again, more than once, I can promise you. He should be in a snaffle bit while he learns to stop, turn and rate the cow. I believe the snaffle bit is the best tool for teaching a horse how to position himself and use his body correctly. Any performance horse needs to learn to give his head to the direct rein, move his shoulders off the indirect rein and position his ribcage and hindquarters from leg pressure.
Here is the sequence of the various types of snaffle bits that I use: The horse will be taught the majority of what he needs to know wearing this bit. However, sometime during the training process, a horse will need to be lightened up even more. Especially the older horses that are being tuned up or re-trained.
Either the regular or the thin twisted-wire. I recommend riding the horse with it for one or two days to lighten him up and then switch back to the smooth-wire snaffle. If you adjust it short enough to encourage the horse to flex at the poll for vertical flexion, it is too short and interferes with lateral flexion. If you adjust it long enough not to inhibit lateral flexion, it is too long to help with vertical flexion. For 10 years, I trained with a running martingale purely out of habit.
Transition bits are middle-of-the-road bits used to transition the horse from the snaffle to a regular curb bit.
Transition bits are the stepping stones between the green horse and the finished horse. Billy Allen was a top trainer who invented this mouthpiece many years ago. The design has stood the test of time as one of the best bits ever invented.
This semi-solid mouthpiece gives you a lot of control without scaring or worrying the horse. Most horses love this bit and you can usually leave a horse in it for most of his training. You can teach a horse a lot in the Billy Allen.
And some horses work so well in it that you can keep them in it for years. However, most horses will eventually need to be moved up into a regular, solid-mouthpiece, curb bit.
Others will need to be moved up to a medium or high port bit. With the higher port, there is less tongue pressure and more bar pressure. The majority of horses will respond well to this. Ride these horses with a mild bit and they just take advantage of you.
I have a horse like this in training right now. In reality, most horses will slack off from time to time and not work up to their potential. They will test you by being heavy. Either they refuse to lighten up at all or they will get light for a while and then revert back to being heavy. But NOT so strong that it scares the horse. Remember, a horse that is scared or worried will not work to his full potential.
You want him attentive and responding well but not afraid. One is for horses that are still in the o-ring snaffle. The other, I use on horses that are in a transition bit or a regular curb bit. The correction mouthpiece will really get the horse responding well… especially for the stop. This type of curb bit can easily be used on a snaffle bit horse because the shanks are so short and curved back that there is almost no curb action.
Usually, a dog-chain curb works well. I hope this information helps you with your horse training. If you would like to see what the different types of bits look like, click on the links below.