Young Horse Bits
From the start of a young Horses working life it is vital to get the bit right from the very first time you put a bit in
if you can achieve this and remember to review and change bits as a Horse progresses through its training you save a lot of time and frustration on the riders behalf and a lot of miscommunication and discomfort on the horses behalf
I think its a little old fashioned to now think that you should use breaking bits with Keys or large think rubber bits to start young Horses in they simply do not fit the conformation inside the Horses mouth and encourage the Horse to constantly move its mouth to escape the shape Which is not a trait you want to promote in a future Riding Horse
I think that from the start you should choose comfortable slim bits that fit the conformation inside the mouth so that the horse feels immediately at ease and does not feel the need to constantly move its mouth the rearrange a bit that simply does not fit well and gives poor uncomfortable signals
This is just my opinion but I think its better from the start to put them in a bit that fits the conformation of the inside of the mouth really well and a bit that you can do all your initial training in and that you can ride away in for the foreseeable future
If you use a bit that does not fit that causes the Horse to continuously move its mouth
This is not "mouthing" it is the Horse being uncomfortable and constantly having to rearrange the inside of its mouth to try to move the bit into a more comfortable position which if the bit does not fit the Horse will never achieve
What we want to promote is after the Horse has got used to standing around in the new feel of a bit in its mouth that the mouth is still
And as we start to train it we should be on face pressure alone with the bit in the mouth and no bit pressure and then as we progress we should apply some bit and some face pressure together and then more bit pressure until we have easily moved the horse from face pressure to bit pressure in easy stages
We want the horses mouth to be completely relaxed and still around the mouthpiece and accepting of signals suitable to this level of training.
Only Time Patience and Repetition is ever going to train a young Horse that has a lasting effect and a progressive way forward
Harmony D Cheek
The Harmony mouthpiece actively encourages a horse to move towards and push his tongue forward to the contact .As the reins are used together the whole mouthpiece wraps around the tongue and lower jaw, taking in the whole of the tongue the sides of the lips and the sides of the bars and the sides of the lips in a perfect hoop. As the Round Lozenge is the correct length and the joints are neat and non invasive the Horse should move forward into the contact. Both branches of the bit are curved forward to go with the shape of the Horses tongue and roof of the mouth unlike some Lozenge Snaffles that really pinch the Horses lower jaw . Good young Horse starter Bit.
Very useful for Horses or Ponies that are uncomfortable with
· A large joint or joints
· Large long plates or lozenges
· That block on one side as you flex or turn
· or are very busy in the mouth
· or do not draw the contact forward
The D Cheek is a really supportive cheek it has a flat feel against the horses face very useful in the training of young Horses as you are teaching them the basics of steering it allows the riders rein signal the be backed up with some additional but comfortable face pressure. Also very useful if your horse does several different disciplines such as Dressage and Jumping in the same snaffle bit it is a supportive cheek for balance and jumping turns and gives you a much more versatile range of signals for a combination of jobs.
The Harmony mouthpiece actively encourages a horse to move towards and push his tongue forward to the contact .As the reins are used together the whole mouthpiece wraps around the tongue and lower jaw, taking in the whole of the tongue the sides of the lips and the sides of the bars and the sides of the lips in a perfect hoop. As the Round Lozenge is the correct length and the joints are neat and non invasive the Horse should move forward into the contact. Both branches of the bit are curved forward to go with the shape of the Horses tongue and roof of the mouth unlike some Lozenge Snaffles that really pinch the Horses lower jaw . Good young Horse starter Bit.
Very useful for Horses or Ponies that are uncomfortable with
· A large joint or joints
· Large long plates or lozenges
· That block on one side as you flex or turn
· or are very busy in the mouth
· or do not draw the contact forward
The D Cheek is a really supportive cheek it has a flat feel against the horses face very useful in the training of young Horses as you are teaching them the basics of steering it allows the riders rein signal the be backed up with some additional but comfortable face pressure. Also very useful if your horse does several different disciplines such as Dressage and Jumping in the same snaffle bit it is a supportive cheek for balance and jumping turns and gives you a much more versatile range of signals for a combination of jobs.
Harmony Eggbutt
The Harmony mouthpiece actively encourages a horse to move towards and push his tongue forward to the contact .As the reins are used together the whole mouthpiece wraps around the tongue and lower jaw, taking in the whole of the tongue the sides of the lips and the sides of the bars and the sides of the lips in a perfect hoop. As the Round Lozenge is the correct length and the joints are neat and non invasive the Horse should move forward into the contact. Both branches of the bit are curved forward to go with the shape of the Horses tongue and roof of the mouth unlike some Lozenge Snaffles that really pinch the Horses lower jaw . Good young Horse starter Bit.
Very useful for Horses or Ponies that are uncomfortable with
· A large joint or joints
· Large long plates or lozenges
· That block on one side as you flex or turn
· or are very busy in the mouth
· or do not draw the contact forward
The Eggbutt cheek means that the mouthpiece is solidly attached to the cheek piece which has the advantage of firstly making sure that the corners of the lips of the Horse are always comfortable as there is no gap between the cheek and the mouthpiece. Also because of this solid fixing the action is well defined as you apply rein pressure the signal to the Horse is quicker and therefore very clear. You gain stability and a certain amount of directional support. As your Horse progresses through its training perhaps having quicker slicker signals is an advantage to the work you are doing.
The Harmony mouthpiece actively encourages a horse to move towards and push his tongue forward to the contact .As the reins are used together the whole mouthpiece wraps around the tongue and lower jaw, taking in the whole of the tongue the sides of the lips and the sides of the bars and the sides of the lips in a perfect hoop. As the Round Lozenge is the correct length and the joints are neat and non invasive the Horse should move forward into the contact. Both branches of the bit are curved forward to go with the shape of the Horses tongue and roof of the mouth unlike some Lozenge Snaffles that really pinch the Horses lower jaw . Good young Horse starter Bit.
Very useful for Horses or Ponies that are uncomfortable with
· A large joint or joints
· Large long plates or lozenges
· That block on one side as you flex or turn
· or are very busy in the mouth
· or do not draw the contact forward
The Eggbutt cheek means that the mouthpiece is solidly attached to the cheek piece which has the advantage of firstly making sure that the corners of the lips of the Horse are always comfortable as there is no gap between the cheek and the mouthpiece. Also because of this solid fixing the action is well defined as you apply rein pressure the signal to the Horse is quicker and therefore very clear. You gain stability and a certain amount of directional support. As your Horse progresses through its training perhaps having quicker slicker signals is an advantage to the work you are doing.
Symmetry Eggbutt
this is the only one of my mouthpieces that does two completely different things if a horse is very busy in the mouth and is too light and needs to draw the rein forward this mouthpieces actively encourages a horse to move towards and push his tongue forward to the contact .As the reins are used together the whole mouthpiece curves around the tongue the tongue evenly pressing the tongue down into the lower jaw. This mouth will be too exacting on this cheek if the Horse has a tendency to put the tongue over the bit. At the other end of the scale if a Horse is very heavy and solid on the bit the Symmetry often lightens them up as long as again there is not tendency to put the tongue over the bit
Very useful for Horses or Ponies that are uncomfortable with
· any sort of joint or joints
· any pinch or collapse to the mouthpiece
· or are very busy in the mouth
· or do not draw the contact forward
The Eggbutt cheek means that the mouthpiece is solidly attached to the cheek piece which has the advantage of firstly making sure that the corners of the lips of the Horse are always comfortable as there is no gap between the cheek and the mouthpiece. Also because of this solid fixing the action is well defined as you apply rein pressure the signal to the Horse is quicker and therefore very clear. You gain stability and a certain amount of directional support. As your Horse progresses through its training perhaps having quicker slicker signals is an advantage to the work you are doing.
this is the only one of my mouthpieces that does two completely different things if a horse is very busy in the mouth and is too light and needs to draw the rein forward this mouthpieces actively encourages a horse to move towards and push his tongue forward to the contact .As the reins are used together the whole mouthpiece curves around the tongue the tongue evenly pressing the tongue down into the lower jaw. This mouth will be too exacting on this cheek if the Horse has a tendency to put the tongue over the bit. At the other end of the scale if a Horse is very heavy and solid on the bit the Symmetry often lightens them up as long as again there is not tendency to put the tongue over the bit
Very useful for Horses or Ponies that are uncomfortable with
· any sort of joint or joints
· any pinch or collapse to the mouthpiece
· or are very busy in the mouth
· or do not draw the contact forward
The Eggbutt cheek means that the mouthpiece is solidly attached to the cheek piece which has the advantage of firstly making sure that the corners of the lips of the Horse are always comfortable as there is no gap between the cheek and the mouthpiece. Also because of this solid fixing the action is well defined as you apply rein pressure the signal to the Horse is quicker and therefore very clear. You gain stability and a certain amount of directional support. As your Horse progresses through its training perhaps having quicker slicker signals is an advantage to the work you are doing.
Liberty Eggbutt
The Liberty has the most generous forward curve of all my Eggbutt snaffles and is new to the range for 2019 I have researched how much or how little curve you need to help different Horses to be able to respond well and after prototyping this bit it has come into stock and I am so pleased with the results
It has really soft curve forward and feels very even into the riders hands
Very useful for
The Liberty has the most generous forward curve of all my Eggbutt snaffles and is new to the range for 2019 I have researched how much or how little curve you need to help different Horses to be able to respond well and after prototyping this bit it has come into stock and I am so pleased with the results
It has really soft curve forward and feels very even into the riders hands
Very useful for
- Young Horses bitted for the first time
- Started badly and are frightened of their mouths
- Horses that have been started on head pressures and are now being introduced to a bit
- Any Horse that is not strong and needs to be bitted very comfortably and forward
- And as a Young Horse starter Bit