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full cheek snaffles with bit keepers

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  • 26-09-2013 2:41pm
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    adamant3
    Registered Users Posts: 26 ✭


    Hi All,
    just wondering what the general feeling is using full cheek snaffles with or without bit keepers. Have spoken to some people who dont use the keepers on them, just bought one and wondering if you have to use them or is it a peference? what role do the keepers do?:confused:


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    elusiveguy
    Registered Users Posts: 535 ✭✭✭elusiveguy


    adamant3 wrote: »
    Hi All,
    just wondering what the general feeling is using full cheek snaffles with or without bit keepers. Have spoken to some people who dont use the keepers on them, just bought one and wondering if you have to use them or is it a peference? what role do the keepers do?:confused:

    If you ride off the keepers you create a different pressure. What do you hope the bit will help with?


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    Gorteen
    Registered Users Posts: 1,013 ✭✭✭Gorteen


    Never bothered with keepers


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    bob1984
    Registered Users Posts: 125 ✭✭bob1984


    I have a full cheek bit but dont use keepers as I have a very young horse and dont want the extra pressure on him :)


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    adamant3
    Registered Users Posts: 26 ✭adamant3


    going to try a full cheek snaffle as having problems with direction horse very green, leg on, outside rein but still difficult. had someone ride him and they had a full cheek snaffle and it seemed to help him with direction, less pulling


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    bob1984
    Registered Users Posts: 125 ✭✭bob1984


    adamant3 wrote: »
    going to try a full cheek snaffle as having problems with direction horse very green, leg on, outside rein but still difficult. had someone ride him and they had a full cheek snaffle and it seemed to help him with direction, less pulling

    This is part of the reason I tried one in the first place too :)


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    Dark Phoenix
    Registered Users Posts: 1,185 ✭✭✭Dark Phoenix


    i'd only use the bit keepers with the loose ring fulmer snaffles as they are designed to be used with them i.e. there is a loose ring function between the mouth piece and the long sides which allows them to move independantly a bit and means you can pop the cheeks in the keepers and the cheek can move along the ring

    http://www.thesaddleryshop.co.uk/P/Fulmer_Jointed_Snaffle-%28434%29.aspx

    The full cheek I would have thought would not be used with keepers as its a fixed mechanism between the ring and cheeks and mouthpiece and the keepers would tilt it at an angle?

    http://www.thesaddleryshop.co.uk/P/Full_cheek_french_link_Snaffle_full_cheek_french_mouth_snaffle-%28436%29.aspx


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