Pelhams

[clipclop]

Hi everyone.

I have been useing a pelham for sometime now for fast work and outdoor track work. Don't need a pelham for schooling as my horse works on the bit and well schooled in a schooling environment. However she prefers to take charge on faster hacks. The pelham I have been using is a stright bar one and was fine but i feel now that she is not going forwards in it quite as well as she used to. Tried swithching back to the snaffle but racehorse mode returned. So i was wondering if a jointed pelham would be a kinder option as a don't think she likes the feel so much of a straight bar. I think i read somewhere that a jointed pelham is more severe is this true?

[ilovebacara]

yeh a jointed pellham is more severe.......i think!! maybe try a rubber pellham or a kimblewick as that is another bit with a cirb..........then again maybe the curb is what your horse doesnt like???? try various different snaffles as it would be a shame to ruin your horses soft mouth!! i think that the strongest snaffle is a jointed hengin snaffle which looks like this...........

[issy]

You could try a waterford if neddy doesnt like a straight bar?.

[Murphs]

how tight is the curb chain? If mine is not very loose my mare objects and gives short choppy strides - part of that is also me not being soft enough in the hands yet - do you use double reins or roundings?

[Heather]

What a lovely horse, Iluvbacara!!

The jointed pelham is less distinct in it's action than the mullen mouth, mostly due to the fact that the join bends, and therefore tends to make the curbchain loose and it then works it's way up the jaw, and misses the curb groove.


Heather

[ilovebacara]

thanks heather thats my baby!
also i found that when i use a rubber pellham she goes alot differently, i use the rubber for showing as it gives her a really rounded showy outline and i use the metal for schooling as it gives her a long, low outline to build up her muscles better.
this pic is of her in her 'showing' outline! its a funny angle............. (its the 1st and second one down!!)
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[Tumbleweed]

Many horses and ponies don't like straight bits because there is no room for their tongues.

If you want to use 2 reins, use a Pelham with a port, but if you want 1 rein, use a Kimblewick.