This would stop an elephant..let alone a horse!!

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Am I the only one thinking, oh my lord...

Would hate to see this in good hands let alone bad hands!

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I don't even know if it is real TBH although if I recall correctly Fugly got it off a 'for sale' section on a website.
Unfortunately some good 'ol boys in the states still ride in bike chain bits with multiple rings.
 
It certainly looks horrible and I don't like the mouthpiece at all. However, it's the amount of cheek above the mouthpiece, not below it that determines the amount of leverage on the poll so I doubt it's as harsh as it looks. I suspect this is photoshopped, but if not, can't really see it serving any other purpose than for getting caught on things!
 
Looks like its related to one of my pet hates, a dutch gag. They should both be banished to a museum of useless gadgets
 
Thats odd i was always told bubble bits are stronger the lower you go because the poll pressure came from the below bubbles.
Which is why they say a strong horse is always ridden on 3 i cant see how it comes from the cheek piece when your contact on the reins is on the bubbles.
 
Wikipedia came up with this -

There is usually only one ring above the mouthpiece, to which the cheekpiece is attached. The ring below that is attached straight to the mouthpiece, and acts similarly to a snaffle. The lower ring(s), of which there are usually two, are for a second rein to be attached, and they provide the gag action. The lower the second rein is placed on the stack, the more "leverage" (raising of the mouthpiece up along the cheekpiece) is applied
 
The leverage principle is the length of shank below the mouthpiece in relation to the length of shank below the mouthpiece. So, if a bit has 2 inches of shank above and 4 inches below the leverage is x2. i.e. if you put ten pounds of pressure into the rein it is multiplied by 2, so the horse feels 20 pounds of pressure.

Whatever the relationship above/below there is still a huge amount of pressre on the mouth and poll from bits with shanks, hence great care should be taken with your hands and force applied. Dutch gags/bubble bits/continental snaffles/whatever you want to call them were not designed to be ridden with only one rein and certainly not by the hoards of novice riders without independant seats that use them because they know no different.
 
completly agree with what you said about certain riders usuing them i also hate seeing novice people riding in bitless bridles.
 
won't be long before we see these on ponies at showjumping competitions....
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At least they aren't over here yet, may pet hate bits are Wilkies and parents that give them to kids
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Thats odd i was always told bubble bits are stronger the lower you go because the poll pressure came from the below bubbles.
Which is why they say a strong horse is always ridden on 3 i cant see how it comes from the cheek piece when your contact on the reins is on the bubbles.

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The longer the upper shank is, the more potential for movement there is above the mouthpiece so the leverage on the poll can be increased. My very hazy recollection of physics principles leads me to believe that a longer shank below the bit allows this pressure to be acheived with less effort from the rider, but I genuinely don't think the maximum leverage acheivable on this bit would be any more than a strong person with heavy hands hauling away on a run of the mill gag type bit would do.

Strange looking bits don't really make me cringe, but people with bad hands on the end of the reins holding it do though
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Disclaimer: I'm certainly not saying I like this bit - I would hate to see it in a horses mouth. Still think it looks a bit photoshopped though
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