Ridecamp: Re: [RC] Advice for Horse with Hard Mouth

on 9/20/02 9:19 PM, Linda Cowles at kadence@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> I had a mare with a very shallow mouth and a mullein mouth Pelham worked
> great.  It's an unjointed snaffle - a bar - with a short shank.

Anything with a shank is NOT a snaffle regardless of what mouthpiece it has.
It is a curb. 
If your horse gets uncomfortable with a single jointed snaffle, as many
Arabs do, you could try a French link snaffle. These have a small piece in
the middle-three joints and tend to lay flat on the tongue. Dr. Bristol's
are different, the piece in the middle lies at a 90 degree angle to the
other pieces making it more harsh. Myler comfort snaffles work well with
horses that hate regular snaffles as well. They don't fold and poke the roof
of the mouth.  If your horse needs tongue relief you can get a ported
snaffle by Myler, again no shanks, so it is a snaffle.

Tiffany


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