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Location: Central Iowa | What bits does everyone start their colts in and then what bits do you move on to and when do you move to them?
Also has anyone ever tried the Whisper Bit?
http://whisperbit.com/WhisperBit/default.html
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 Miss Laundry Misshap
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| Maybe it's just me, but YUK. A snaffle is all you need sometimes! Although I prefer dogbone snaffles to single breaks. |
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| I just go to The Argentine transition bit.
Edited by SloRide 2017-09-13 11:20 AM
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Location: California | Snaffle, to a snaffle, then maybe a snaffle after that.  I have a snaffle bit obsession and prefer a simple O-ring snaffle on anything amd everything. I put them in a simple shank snaffle if I want to transition into a shank bit. All my horses ride in an O-ring snaffle at any time, doing anything, at any age. Personal preference I suppose. When I rope on some I eventually go with a simple chain bit. |
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Location: Gainesville, TX | ropinbuzz - 2017-09-13 9:44 AM
What bits does everyone start their colts in and then what bits do you move on to and when do you move to them?
Also has anyone ever tried the Whisper Bit?
http://whisperbit.com/WhisperBit/default.html
There are a number of companies that sell these plastic/rubber mouth piece starter bits. You can find them lots of places including your local tack store pretty easily if you want to go that way. A simple, well-made o-ring snaffle always seemed fine to me though. |
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Location: Southern Indiana | Side pull, ring snaffle, draw gag...then I start introducing curb pressure and shanks. |
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Location: Idaho | As someone that , well, thats what I do for a living, is colt starting. I ride them all in a locked loose ring snaffle made by Dave Elliot. Only reason I move out of it is to get more shoulder countrol, but when I do move out of it , they are soft in their face and have a solid foundation going. I really like my Elliot draw gag 3 piece (MPC 19) and I think it has a lot of feel and is forgiving.
But currently, every horse I am running is running in a loose ring snaffle, a locked snaffle and a draw gag made by Elliot, they are all 1D horses too.  |
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Location: Loco,Ok | Every one in a hackamore. I like the horse tell me when need to change. You can get a lot more done with your feet if you understand how to use them. |
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Location: OH | First 30 days I use a Springsteen Snaffle (Spoon Bit) then go to a straight snaffle. |
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| I start everything in a snaffle, and I prefer a dogbone mouth. I usually transition out of a snaffle to something with a short shank, and keep the dogbone mouth. I have a teardrop shank bit, or a tender touch that I really like. I transition when I feel like they need to go to something else. At some point, they all have to learn to ride in a shanked bit with a curb. I will go back to a snaffle occasionally or for tuning, or if a horse just really prefers the snaffle that's what they stay in. I recently had a trainer suggest the 5 bit, so I'm going to look into getting one of those to give it a try. |
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