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  2. Bit mouthpiece - Wikipedia

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    If a rider believes such a bit would benefit his horse, he should first look at the animal's training and his own skills. Many problems can be resolved through proper training, rather than harsher bitting. Usually, it is the less-skilled riders who find the need to use harsher bits, because they can't control their horses in anything else.

  3. Glossary of equestrian terms - Wikipedia

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    1. A strap running from a horse's back, over the head, to a bit, to prevent the horse from lowering its head beyond a fixed point. Used with harness ed horses. [12]: 20 2. A riding aid where the rein is applied to the horse's neck on the side towards the turn. Opposite of a neck rein. [1]: 19 bell boot

  4. Mechanical hackamore - Wikipedia

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    Occasionally it is used for a horse that has learned to ignore bit pressure on the mouth, or for horses with an injured mouth. [12] It is incorrect to assume that a mechanical hackamore is milder than a bitted bridle, it is not. The device has potential for abuse at the hands of a rough rider, similar to that of a curb bit. [13]

  5. Bit (horse) - Wikipedia

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    Bits and the behavior of horses while wearing bits have made their way into popular culture outside of the horse world. Took the bit in his teeth, a phrase that describes a horse that sets its jaw against the bit and cannot be controlled (rarely does the horse actually grab the bit with its molars), is used today to refer to a person who either ...

  6. Bridle - Wikipedia

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    Bit: The bit goes into the horse's mouth, resting on the sensitive interdental space between the horse's teeth known as the "bars". On a double bridle , where the horse carries two bits (a curb and small snaffle, often called a " bit and bradoon "), a second, smaller headstall, known as a 'bradoon hanger' or ‘slip head’ is used to attach ...

  7. Spade bit (horse) - Wikipedia

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    A spade bit A poster illustrating the process of training a spade bit horse. The spade bit is a historic vaquero design for a type of curb bit with straight, highly decorated shanks and a mouthpiece that includes a straight bar, a narrow port with a cricket, and a "spoon," a flat, partly rounded plate affixed above the port, supported by braces on either side.

  8. Snaffle bit - Wikipedia

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    A snaffle bit is the most common type of bit used while riding horses. It consists of a mouthpiece and two rings. The mouthpieces may be jointed. A snaffle gives direct pressure on the horse's mouth and has no leveraging shank. A bridle utilizing only a snaffle bit is often called a "snaffle bridle", particularly in English riding.

  9. Curb bit - Wikipedia

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    A curb bit works on several parts of a horse's head and mouth. The bit mouthpiece acts on the bars, tongue and roof of the mouth. The shanks add leverage and place pressure on the poll via the crownpiece of the bridle, to the chin groove via the curb chain, and, especially with a "loose jaw" shank, may act on the sides of the mouth and jaw.

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