[QUOTE=Madeline;3462519]
All I know is I’m going out for a rubber pelham and, probably , one rein on the curb. Then all I would need to be an international level show jumper would be the talent. And the horse, but if I had the bit and the talent I could make the horse…[/QUOTE]
Please make sure you also have a running martingale with that set up - wouldn’t want you to have any rails down!
Bit connector - a short (generally leather) piece that links the curb and snaffle ring, and the rein connects to that piece.
I saw fewer gags and elevators out there than in previous years. Could this be a sign that the basic training is improving—or is it that unlike TBs (which are rare now) WBs don’t need them?
I’d rather see horses jumping in snaffle gags and elevators than in curb bits and some of those medieval torture device bits and hackamores. I can’t remember who it was but there was at least one really, really painful looking hackamore out there.
Before long, I predict they will be show jumping in TWH bits. 
Oh - I know those as converters.
I really noticed the pelham with just the bottom rein on Hickstead today. It looks a little odd, but I certainly won’t criticize him for it, since:
A. It obviously works well on the horse.
-and-
B. He has an Olympic gold medal and I don’t. :lol:
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