HOW TO GET A HORSE ON THE BIT 

Luiza Fonseca ah thank you so much! ❤️

Itz me Kyleigh she is

+KB Equestrian thank you, i totally agree I did say that in the description! It would be impossible to fit every aspect of riding a horse on the bit into one video so I felt this was at least a step in the right direction ☺️

Holly Lenahan totally! Can't wait for whatever you upload next 😊

KB Equestrian ,

I would recommend the videos from YourRidingSuccess, she has a lot of good videos about getting the horse on the bit. A lot of riding school horses tend to be a bit a stiff, because they get a lot of different signals from a lot of different riders. But your hands should not be achy after a ride. The best thing would be to get some lessons from a good dressage trainer :)

remember that these riding school horses will find it extremely difficult, and even if you do get them on the bit they wont be able to hold it for more than a few strides as they're unused to it! just be sympathetic, focus on getting them moving forward from behind. it shouldn't come from your hands, you should be riding them up into your hands. focus on asking them to bend and go forwards, and eventually they might start to think about it on their own! (coming from someone who's ridden riding school horses all my life - they're a different kettle of fish entirely to someone trying to work their own horse on the bit!)

@Linda Stakvik Yeah I’m subscribed to them, thanks! I would love to book lessons with a dressage instructor, but don’t you have to have your own horse for that? @catequestrian thanks so much! I have noticed that when I get her on the bit her only holds it for a couple strides before returning back to a really long stretched out neck

When in doubt, Your Riding Success

Drachen Einhorn yeah! When in doubt always your riding success! She's AMAZING

+Lolita Ghost Awh thank you so much!! And best of luck with your own horse, sounds like you’re working really hard, well done ☺️

Thank u very much!!❤️

+Seria Kanka it sure is haha 🙈

+calimerio yup i usually go for a hack once a week, I wish I could ride in the fields but we don't have any suitable for riding in :(

okay!! i understand , we don't have much here either :(

Alise Alves if you google it, you'll get a good answer with pictures, it's hard to explain in words haha

Holly Lenahan haha okay! Thanks!

A French link full cheek snaffle in this video :)

divina 22 he’s THREE. Young horses do this when they are learning

Bits r personal preference some horses work well with them like I ride one of mine not less because she responds the same and likes it my other horse and irks much better with it. It is all about the horse

It depends how you use them

xKeepFlying working him nice and long and low (like in the lunging video) will really help his balance by developing all the muscles he needs! Best of luck ☺️

My youngster is unbalanced like that too

+jlnequine no sorry, but you can find them in most tack shops :)

thank you :)

S V Same for me! I have heard so many ways (but also so much bad ways with a lot of pulling) and kinda got lost but this video is just so clear and I think I finally understand this haha 😂

+Liz it's a French link snaffle with cheek pieces :) the cheek pieces are good for young horses because they help make the turning aid clearer ☺️

She is using a full cheek snaffle bit. It's actually a pretty common bit because it's one of the softer ones but it looks weird because if the bars in either side which are to prevent the bit from sliding through the horses mouth like some bits can such as a loose ring. But that's nothing towards people who do use loose rings snaffles they are really good bits

+Meadowbrook Farm Fiona and Welbeck are the oldest, they're both 9 :)

+Meadowbrook Farm ISH x KWPN ☺️

Holly Lenahan heh

Meadowbrook Farm irish sport horse x Dutch warmblood

Olivia Harrington I don’t know why you’re offended that I said that. And I said that I believe that a tap behind the saddle makes more sense to a young horse that on the shoulder. I’m talking about young horses, of course the majority of older horses know that a tap on the shoulder means go forward, it’s a really common way to use the whip.

Olivia Harrington . I don’t actually understand how she is being offensive. It completely makes sense. Most younger horses probably won’t understand a tap on the shoulder so if you tap behind with the crop/whip they probably will think you want them to go forward because it’s like you are pushing them forward .

So is a tap on the shoulder. I don't mean to be rude, and i guess I shouldnt have really used the word offended.

look im sorry i offended you guys, that's my opinion, im sorry if you don't like it but its what I think, I should've worded it better.

Emily Heppel I have never ridden or been trained to ride in a bitless bridle so I honestly couldn't tell you. I feel like it wouldn't be the same though and you'd need to use a bit of a different approach. Better off asking a trainer who has experience with hackamores as they can be very severe in the wrong hands (just like any bit can 😉)

Hackamores don't have quite the same action especially when it comes to turning, so while the basic principles are the same, softening the inside hand, riding on the outside aids, a horse worked in a hackamore or bitless bridle needs to work really well off the leg, particularly laterally (sideways) like the leg-yielding shown at the start of this video. Depends too on the length of the hackamore shank and the position on the horse's face, as Holly said hackamores can be quite severe so it's important to make sure your horse isn't overbent because of an excessively strong hackamore causing a false head carriage (video is your best friend here). I've ridden in a hackamore and halter and bitless bridles over the years, not all the time but from time to time and if the horse is responsive off the leg aids and working across their back then they should come 'on the bit' / into an outline whether they have a bit or not. Good luck :)

Thank you for being so helpful it's highly appreciated! And my horse Woody is getting on really well since I've changed him into a hackamore and is much more responsive and keen to work 😊😊

Hunter X it kinda depends how harsh the bit is and how they are used .

if by going bitless you mean hackamores? they can be just as bad in the wrong hands try pressing down hard on the bridge of your nose, it hurts right? well the horses have far more sensitive tissue there, any bit or hackamore is cruel in the wrong hands.

Phoebss Yes Ik but I’m talking about how it’s better to just ride in a halter or bitless bridle

If you are using the bit in an abusive way, then do but it depends how you use them. My horses are on snaffles and I use a bit correctly

No they don't, stop listening to raleigh and Rick Gore, there uneducated and have no science to back up their opinions