10-24-2009, 05:35 PM
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#1 | Green Broke
Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: MD
Posts: 3,260
|  What kind of bit people are using for jumping?
Just curious... What kind of mouthpiece is most popular? What kind of snaffle (I mean loose rings, eggbutt, D-ring, full cheek)?
I've been at the big show yesterday and was surprised to see most horses were wearing full cheeks. Is it something usual in the jumping world?
Please, share what you use when jump (what kind of snaffle/bit)...  | 
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10-24-2009, 05:36 PM
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#2 | Yearling
Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: at the barn
Posts: 1,226
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I jump competitively and I jump in a loose ring french link snaffle  | |
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10-24-2009, 05:43 PM
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#3 | Yearling
Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Legacy Hill Stables, Kansas
Posts: 981
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Ginisee uses a D-ring snaffle with a regular jointed mouthpiece
Uma uses a 3 ring elevator for jumping like this: http://www.bitofbritain.com/v/vspfiles/photos/783-1.jpg
and a french link O-ring snaffle (a KK training snaffle)
Demi switches between a KK training snaffle and a Nathe snaffle which looks like this: http://www.divoza.co.uk/productimage...08/w_14047.jpg
it's not the same as a Mullen mouth or a Happy mouth. It's softer and is entirely rubber with no metal besides the rings. | |
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10-24-2009, 06:04 PM
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#4 | Weanling
Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 484
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Thumper is ridden in an eggbut snaffle, as are most of the horses at my barn. The others have either loose ring snaffles or french links. One horse has a full-cheek snaffle. | |
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10-24-2009, 06:30 PM
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#5 | Chat Moderator
Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Alberta, Canada
Posts: 6,729
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Dancer, Cinzano and Maia were all ridden in a loose ring single jointed snaffle. Denny is doing great in a full cheek french link, which he will likely stay with throughout his training as a hunter. | |
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10-24-2009, 06:38 PM
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#6 | Green Broke
Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Montana
Posts: 3,527
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Sunny is ridden in a loose ring, single jointed snaffle. | 
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10-24-2009, 06:46 PM
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#7 | Started
Join Date: Jan 2008
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for the vast majority of the hunters i show, same thing i flat in, which is a loose ring Herm Sprenger (a brand of fancy snaffle type bit). eeeevery once in a while i'll put one in a loose ring dr bristol. i think the trend in the hunter ring right now is a d-ring, the trend in the eq ring is a pelham. | |
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10-24-2009, 08:50 PM
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#8 | Green Broke
Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Eventing Country
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Nelson and I use an Egg Butt French Link Snaffle, thanks to Leah Kathleen. We also use a Full Cheek French Link Snaffle - depends on what bridle I use.
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Remember, Jumping is Dressage with speed bumps. Even when jumping, you want balance, rhythm, your horse soft to your aids, impulsion from behind, light on the forehand, light in your hands, moving off your leg. | |
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10-25-2009, 07:11 AM
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#9 | Foal
Join Date: May 2009 Location: Queensland, Australia
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I use an Eggbutt French Link Snaffle with a copper middle. Riley seems happy enough with it and he really doesn't need anything stronger, even in Cross Country | |
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10-25-2009, 09:22 AM
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#10 | Foal
Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Buckinghamshire, UK
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H jumps in anything really. The strongest I've used on her is a Pelham for XC but she hated it.
I think her Full Cheek French link is her favourite for flatwork then her Eggbutt French Link Snaffle is the best for Jumping.
Would like to invest in a D-Ring Lathe Snaffle and Lathe Pelham. The last Pelham I used on her was too fat and her mouth is tiny, she soon let me know she didn't like it as soon as I hit the floor lol. | |
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