Dressage legal or not?

'Dressage World' sell the Myler version so I'm sure it must be dressage legal :D

ETA: I have used this bit on one of my horses and he went very well in it
 
looks like a dr. bristol to me! the way it works makes it quite strong and painful for the horse is what people say - also say a v. nasty bit!

french links have the bit in the middle but the rectangle thing in the middle, the thin bit points up. this lets the bit move in the mouth and will bend round the mouth as it pulls (if you get what i mean) whereas a dr.bristol would go down hard on the tounge a bit like a nutcracker.
 
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^^^^this is a french link ^^^^

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^^^^that is a dr. bristol ^^^^
 
hanging cheeks are definietly dressage legal - have had pretty much all my horses in them at one point or another. This just looks like a hanging cheeck with a lozenge to me and nothing more - although i could be wrong (it does happen, very occasionally!)
 
marinitagsd said:
As far as I'm aware, yes it is. I use this bit myself for dressage and never been pulled for it x
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Unless someone checks tack you can't tell, but any sort of championships there is a tack check, must be a lovely job having to stick your fingers in a horses mouth when they're covered in slobber.
Have been to a couple of shows where tack has been checked and 1 person had to change bit before they could compete.
What you probably have to consider is, if you qualify and then they check tack you would lose the qualifer?
 
Naryafluffy said:
Just checked the BD rule book, these are not legal, hanging cheek snaffle is allow, or a loose ring/d ring lozenge is allowed, but not a hanging cheek lozenge.
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If you check the BD rule book (or on line version at least) properly, you'll see that any of the illustrated mouthpeices may be used with any of the illustrated bit rings/cheek pieces.

A lozenge mouthpiece is illustrated as is the hanging cheek - so the combination is allowed.

Simples!
 
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