Re: What kind of bit?

On 7/16/07 1:17 PM, "Jim Casey" wrote:


You might try a single twist snaffle, like this:
http://www.doversaddlery.com/magic-slow-twistking-dee-ring-bit/p/X1-010443/cn/
86/

Sheesh, 90 bucks. I'm glad I bought all the tack I needed when I could
afford it.


You can find this bit a hell of a lot cheaper somewhere else I would
imagine. Slow twist snaffles are everywhere.

Now to the problem. What is Cheers doing right before he bolts on you? Is
his head up? What gait is he in when this happens? How does he bolt? Are you
jumping when this happens? The key is to get him listening better is to ride
him primarily with his head down. NO way should he be allowed to carry his
head in the 'looky-see-see' carriage of freedom. If he is working correctly
his head and manner should be more attentive. This is one of the reasons the
deep manner of riding was invented, to re-school a horse who takes advantage
of a rider and is made to work low without look-see-flight in his brain.
Horses who have their head down while being ridden are less prone to flights
of fancy. Spooking, bolting, spinning, etc. can be cured with more focus and
a head down with the eyes soft in work mode. Once they stick their head up
in 'fuckwhatthefuckisthatcreepiethingamajing' you are grass, they are in
survival mode=run the hell outta Dodge, I see the shithittingthefan.

TRAINING is suppose to overrule this fear/flight issue, but some horses IMHE
have a hardwiring that precludes some humans. All bets are off, and they go
into bolting because they do not believe in their heart of hearts that you
are able to kill the dragon for them. Bad eyesight can make this problem
worse. Bad riding can make it downright evil for a rider. Bad training ten
years ago could also make it more frontal lobe accessible to the horse, he
was *taught* to survive because the dumb *** on his back was an idiot,
horse knows things are gonna get bad so he avoids the inevitable. Run! Now!
H/she ain't gonna save my ass.

So what do you do? If he is that bad, ask for another lesson horse, the
horse is practiced enough and you are not going to stop his hard wiring as a
student. Fact of life, a green rider should not be a bolter.

If you are a brave soul and want to try to retrain him, get the slow twist
in a cheaper model, and learn to keep his little inner child quiet by riding
him always in a round-down-soft eyed-manner. No way should he be able to
look a round on his own free will-not ever while being ridden. It's boot
camp, baby, and we are in for the duration, deal, bugger.

Jody





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