Shires Full Cheek Snaffle with Copper Peanut

Shires Full Cheek Snaffle with Copper Peanut

Helpful for young or green horses, the Shires Full Cheek Snaffle with Copper Peanut helps to create a positive action against the cheeks thanks to the full cheek design. This allows the bit to provide a clear instruction when it comes to steering as well as ensuring the bit cannot be pulled through the mouth while the fixed cheeks provide stability through the rein. The double-jointed mouthpiece ensures pressure is distributed evenly across the tongue and avoids any undesirable nutcracker effect that is often found in single jointed alternatives, while the Copper peanut provides a warming sensation and further encourages acceptance.

Shires Full Cheek Snaffle with Copper Peanut Key Features:

• Full cheek design.
• Good for young or green horses.
• Warming Copper Peanut to encourage acceptance.
• Available in 4 sizes.
• Made of Stainless Steel.
• Double jointed mouthpiece.
• This bit is British Dressage Legal.

To measure your horse for a bit:

1. Having first selected the correct height stand in front of your horse (for safety, with your face turned to one side) and with your hands hold a contact with the bit. Approximately 5mm (1/4 inch) on each side is correct (a little more can be allowed for loose rings). As a guide there should be space to fit one finger between the horse's lips and bits ends on both sides. 

There should be adequate space on both sides to clear the lips to prevent pinching but not so much that the bit can slide across the mouth.

2. Remove the bit and lay it flat on a firm surface. Measure between the two corners of the bit, inside to inside (C) to find the width size of your horse's mouth.