This message is from: "Sofia Jagbrant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Here in Sweden we have got new knowledge about bits, and how big a bit should be. I'm not a expert of this area, but I will try to explain.
We have got a couple of good vets who specialize on the horse mouth and the bits influance of the mouth. We have one really good horse-dentist who is known allover our country. He has just written a book about the big subject after 20 years of researching, and says that the old knowledge, who says that you should have one cm from both sides of the bit outside the mouth, is totally wrong. A shorter bit does that the bit is keeping on that's place, down in the mouth, and keeping it straight. As higher the bit is in the mouth as higher is the pressure. And this pressure is killing the mouth tissues, it does'nt take a day, but over 70 % of all his patients have got something wrong in the mouth becouse of the bit. A bit take absolutly smallest place in the mouth if it is short, and of that reason will be straight in the mouth. I have a 10,5 cm bit on my normal fjord, and that fits him well. My friend have a Newforest pony, and he could have a 9,5 cm bit. That's not how big body t! he horse has, who decide what size on the bit it should have, it's the horse mouth and the jaw. Well, I hope you understood a little of my maybe, not to perfect explainations. Happy fall! Sofia
