(Apologies for the amount I've been posting lately !)
Okay I plan on getting out more with my horse in the next few months. He's ridden in a single jointed eggbutt happy mouth snaffle which he likes. he wasn't happy in metal french link. He has a regular cavesson noseband.
Most of the time he's fine in this bit, I won't be changing it at all for at home, dressage, sj, hacking etc... but from experiencing him hacking in company (1 - 3 other horses so not a big group) a lot of the time I can't hold him back and when he goes I have no hope of stopping him.
If/when we go on fun rides/hunting I'm thinking something slightly stronger just to keep us both safe? When he goes off, he puts his head RIGHT down and runs. He also tucks his head in and really overbends, sometimes shakes his head from side to side to fight me off.
Suggestions?
Okay I plan on getting out more with my horse in the next few months. He's ridden in a single jointed eggbutt happy mouth snaffle which he likes. he wasn't happy in metal french link. He has a regular cavesson noseband.
Most of the time he's fine in this bit, I won't be changing it at all for at home, dressage, sj, hacking etc... but from experiencing him hacking in company (1 - 3 other horses so not a big group) a lot of the time I can't hold him back and when he goes I have no hope of stopping him.
If/when we go on fun rides/hunting I'm thinking something slightly stronger just to keep us both safe? When he goes off, he puts his head RIGHT down and runs. He also tucks his head in and really overbends, sometimes shakes his head from side to side to fight me off.
Suggestions?