I switched my horse to an eggbutt “verbindend” (style, not an actual NS mouthpiece) snaffle in May and he’s had an amazing change in both his carriage and quietness of mouth - very soft, very still, and generates small amount of lipstick. He went from “inconsistent in contact” to “no noseband”
Now we are looking to put him up in a double, and I’m wondering what to do - I can get an eggbutt bradoon in a similar metal but a straight lozenge style, or a verbindend mouthpiece but in a loose ring.
Has anyone had a similar experience, and what did they choose? Mouthpiece or cheekpiece stability?
There are no local bit fitters with these style bits, I have to buy them either from overseas (my current bit is from the Netherlands and is not stocked here) or down south, and I am on the hook for the whole amount if the horse goes “yeah nah”.
I know that people say it is the hands that matter, but the horse clearly finds this style of cheek/mouth/metal combination pleasant, and I’d like to honour that moving him forward.
