Ring Snaffle

January 25th, 2009 admin Leave a comment Go to comments

ring snaffle
What bit should I start training my horse in?

My horse is trained english and i currently use a French link snaffle on him. I recently decided that he should also be a western horse lol. I'm extremely comfortable western and I can train him myself, but I'm not sure what bit to use. I planned on starting him in a loose ring snaffle. Where should I go from there? I probably only need something mild.
I was thinking I would switch him to a curb but I don't know too much about the ports and shanks and stuff.

I would start him on a hackamore at first and on and off switch to a curb bit. The hackamore gives me more control and to my opinion much easier on the horse as he spends less time mouthing the new bit and more time paying attention to what I want him to do. First a few days with one and then switch to the other until he has the idea...I always do this and use the hack as a transition bridle....I like the bitless because of what I said less time mouthing the bit more time paying attention...Good luck hope this helped you some....