RoaniePonie11 - 2019-01-28 5:53 AM I am looking for a bit to better suit my mare and I. I need desperately to work on trusting her and being quieter with my hands but until then I would like to put her in something more forgiving. Her and I have come a long way (she was a bit of a dragon due to BS care she was given) so I can* trust her now, its just hard. She is a very automatic horse that requires some whoa at the back of the pen and some lift for the 2nd and 3rd. I sometimes have to check her at the first barrel. She is a very touchy mare and we are at this point almost turning behind the 2nd barrel and having to step out to go around it. I need something lighter on her while I work on me. She is currently in a 2 piece goose tree double gag with a loose curb. I have the short shank but I still think its too much. I usually ride her at home/ warm her up in a hack (a hack I have never seen elsewhere before so I don't know what its called). It is not a bit I can run her in. It takes a much bigger bite than the goose tree but she needs it riding at home and warming up. I considered the following: Lighter hack: Jim Warner short with rope nose or bozo (Peterson mentioned the Bozo being a forgiving hack), a goose tree simplicity (to give her a smoother pull than the double gag, or a tiny lift bit like a small JR Cowhorse (this is what her first owner rode her in with success but was before another owner tried their dangdest to ruin her)