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It depends on the horse, the shape of his mouth and his palate. I've got one horse I ride in a 3 piece snaffle, my main horse.  I've got another horse who was thoughtlessly started in a very poor fitting tom thumb bit... as a result, this horse gets very nervous and upset with any kind of snaffle. He goes happily in a low ported kimberwicke. I had my young mare in a 3 piece snaffle, but she responds a lot better with a simple stainless steel eggbutt snaffle (regular one joint snaffle)

 

chris

gingerodgers@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

I believe in, and have been told by serious dressage trainers, that a simple three piece snaffle is the way to go. This is, ofcourse, for serious dressage riders. Not sure about endurance.

Ginger

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> This collection thread is most interesting because it is one of my big training goals with Amira this year. I have a question though...what is the easiest ( ore most efficient) bit to teach collection with?
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> I have been riding her some in a hackamore and some in a low port kimberwicke and she does fine in both other than I have been having trouble getting her to collect on a regular basis and I thought heard somewhere that hackamores are not really good for teaching collection. I can control her speed and such just fine on either of these but am wondering if I need to try something else.
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> I don't mind trying something else as long as it is gentle enough to not be overpowering to her, but strong enough so I can still stop! Suggestions?
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