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| cecollins0811 - 2016-05-11 8:04 PM
A lifesaver basically does the same thing as a dog bone/Dr bristol, it lays more pressure on the tounge of the horse instead of going to the roof of the horses mouth. The difference I've noticed is that it's mainly more so on what the horse likes and how it feels to him.
If I'm wrong, please correct me.
You are pretty much right. Any three piece broken snaffle allows the mouth piece to lay more evenly across the tongue, bars and lips. The life saver has a larger surface area than a Bristole or dog bone allowing the pressure to be depressed in a larger area there for decreasing the PSI on the middle of the tongue.
A good rule of thumb is the more breaks in a mouth piece the more evenly the pressure is distributed.
A single jointed snaffle will apply more pressure to the bars and lips and less on the tongue BUT can and will jut upward into the soft pallet depending on how the reins are pulled.
In my opinion, there is no "better than mouth piece". Some horses just work better in one than in others.
Edited by cyount2009 2016-05-12 12:27 PM
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