Hi Judy, My goal is really to be able to ride this horse and feel like I have some control. He is really quite responsive with the snaffle, but he hates the dropped noseband even though I am keeping it very loose. He is quite lippy and that is one of the things listed in the left brain extrovert horses. He is also very mischievous and sometimes pushy. He is a stallion also and is alot of horse. He drives me nuts on the ground and I am working on that, but after you get in the saddle he is very responsive to the bit and leg aids. I am just not as good with my hands as I need to be and I thought this bit giving pressure first on the nose would be kinder. I would love to show this horse in a tolt class as he does that very naturally and without shoes or weights.
Thanks, Judi
