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Well, I do sort of aspire to using an S-hack...I
figure if I can start my young horse and train her and
never have to go beyond a snaffle and an S-hack, then
I will really feel like I have been successful in her
training. I don't plan on getting on her back before
she is three, but in the mean time, its ground work,
ground work, ground work and responding to light
signals. After dealing with a fractured wrist this
summer and now physiotherapy (because of another horse
that was "supposed to be" a good, broke trail horse),
I want to put everything in my favor and take all the
time she needs and start her right.
I know horses can eat just fine with a bit, my last
horse had no problem eating grass or anything else
with a bit in his mouth. But why not make things
simpler if I can...Of course, if it turns out its a
horrible piece of equipment for my particular horse
then I won't insist on using it just because its my
goal, but if she's fine with it, then that is what I
would like to use. I could be wrong but I don't see
the shanks on an S-hack being as much of a problem for
getting hung up on a bucket as the short shanks on a
bit - the S-hack shanks are higher up on the face, not
right at/below the mouth.

Lysane

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