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Simplicity Lifesaver Mouthpiece versus Smooth Snaffle. Which is Better? Why?

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OldSchoolCowgirl
Reg. Jan 2008
Posted 2016-05-11 7:49 PM
Subject: Simplicity Lifesaver Mouthpiece versus Smooth Snaffle. Which is Better? Why?




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Location: midwest mama		Can someone please tell me what the difference is in using a lifesaver mouthpiece versus a smooth snaffle?
I have been running my horse in a smooth snaffle Simplicity but he braces a little. The lifesaver mouthpiece feels really good on him.
I would like to know what the main use for the lifesaver mouthpiece is and how it is different from a dog bone, etc.
Can someone help?
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cecollins0811
Reg. Aug 2013
Posted 2016-05-11 8:04 PM
Subject: RE: Simplicity Lifesaver Mouthpiece versus Smooth Snaffle. Which is Better? Why?



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Location: Somewhere around here		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.
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cyount2009
Reg. Apr 2012
Posted 2016-05-12 12:26 PM
Subject: RE: Simplicity Lifesaver Mouthpiece versus Smooth Snaffle. Which is Better? Why?



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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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