Re: Snaffle Snaffoo

["Susan Brehm" <RockingB@worldnet.att.net>]

>I have ridden and owned horses all my life. I have always
believed that the
>term snaffle describes a broken bit, and that it would
require additional
>qualifiers [D ring, Argentine, Tom Thumb, etc.] to more
accurately describe
>the bit.


What do you call a bit with a solid mouthpiece but only
rings (loose ring, eggbutt, D, whatever) and no shank?  I
would call it a Mullen mouth snaffle, but I go with the
description of a snaffle being a bit without shanks.

Also, I personally wouldn't depend on any of the catalogs
for accurate information.  IMO it's likely that they are put
together by people who know nothing about horses.

SusanB


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