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<blockquote data-quote="MillIronQH" data-source="post: 318051" data-attributes="member: 4658"><p>Please very carefully detach that bit from your headstall and reins and take it out and bury it very, very deep. All it's good for is tearing up a horses mouth. Twisted wire snaffles were originally made to be used as mule bits. The same thing with chain bits. It gets even worse when you add shanks and a curb chain. If that is the bit your horse was being ridden with check the corners of his mouth and accross his tounge for scar tissue. That could be the reason for the way he's acting. You might want to think about getting completely out of his mouth for a while. Try either a side pull or if you can find one a good quality short shanked mechanical hackamore witha padded nose band.</p><p></p><p>Now a lesson in Bits 101. That bit is not a snaffle bit It is a broken mouth curb bit. Snaffle bits do not have shanks, use leverage or have any type of strap or chain under the jaw. A straight bar ring bit like some people use for driving is a snaffle. That same mouth with shanks is a curb bit. If you go hunting you can probably find 10,000 different types of bits. About 9500 of them are worthless. They are "gimmick" bits. Many of them have been designed to sell to the unknowing novice in whose inexperienced hands they've probably ruined more good horses the you could count. If you walk into a big name trainers tack room you might see fifty or more bridles hanging on the wall but if you pin him or her down they probably don't use but maybe 6 of them with any regularity and maybe a dozen of them total.Z</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MillIronQH, post: 318051, member: 4658"] Please very carefully detach that bit from your headstall and reins and take it out and bury it very, very deep. All it's good for is tearing up a horses mouth. Twisted wire snaffles were originally made to be used as mule bits. The same thing with chain bits. It gets even worse when you add shanks and a curb chain. If that is the bit your horse was being ridden with check the corners of his mouth and accross his tounge for scar tissue. That could be the reason for the way he's acting. You might want to think about getting completely out of his mouth for a while. Try either a side pull or if you can find one a good quality short shanked mechanical hackamore witha padded nose band. Now a lesson in Bits 101. That bit is not a snaffle bit It is a broken mouth curb bit. Snaffle bits do not have shanks, use leverage or have any type of strap or chain under the jaw. A straight bar ring bit like some people use for driving is a snaffle. That same mouth with shanks is a curb bit. If you go hunting you can probably find 10,000 different types of bits. About 9500 of them are worthless. They are "gimmick" bits. Many of them have been designed to sell to the unknowing novice in whose inexperienced hands they've probably ruined more good horses the you could count. If you walk into a big name trainers tack room you might see fifty or more bridles hanging on the wall but if you pin him or her down they probably don't use but maybe 6 of them with any regularity and maybe a dozen of them total.Z [/QUOTE]
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