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| Its been awhile since i've raised a horse from foal on up to adult horse, most have been at least 2 year old who have had some experience with bits. But I have my yearling fancy thats going to start learning how to wear a bit by spring, and soon after learn how to ground drive. Shes going to be a western trail riding horse. What kind of bit should i start her in? I never want to use a curb on her ever, so what type of snaffle would you recommend? Has anyone ever used the 'happy mouth' bits like this? http://www.doversaddlery.com/category.asp?splid=0608RRT&c=1464&bhcd2=1221238441
In the passed I've used and my parents use O ring snaffles to start horses. after using a sidepull.
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| I'd give you some advice, only.....I don't know anything about bits! Sorry! I have heard that a snaffle is pretty easy on the horse.
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| | "happy mouths' are very nice for younger horses with the rubber and all on them. Over where i board now, they use ebbbutt snaffleso n their young horses and move them up to either staying with that bit or a D-ring snallfe. For Western, they also start them out in just a regular snaffle, but i think some of them do move up to a curb. 
I looked up western snaffles-ya dont rip my throat out everyone after all that's been said lately-but it said a western snaffle. So i dunno. xD
But ya, just start out in a soft snaffle like those.
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| snaffle... then a smaller snaffle.. then a twisted.... and so on...
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| Poco was started in a loose ring snaffle... it works pretty good because its a pretty soft bit.
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| Freedom was started with a hackamore (which was a huge, huge mistake) when she came to Pennsylvania when she was 5 and didn't have any kind of bit in her mouth until she was 12. I'd personally use either a eggbutt snaffle or a Wonder Bit. I use both. A Wonder Bit is good because you can interchange severities from the severity of an eggbutt of dee-ring to pretty much a gag bit. I love it. I only use the eggbutt for when I'm using my training fork, but I also run games with it.
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