Thoughts on magic bits?

[Old Bat]

AKA Cambridge snaffle. As above...my logic tells me that they could be useful for a pony with little mouth room and a large tongue in a light pair of hands.....but I have read so much conflicting opinion on them that I haven't bitten the bullet yet, and thought I would open myself up for some more! Any opinions gratefully received!

 

[BobbyMondeo]

I bought one for my horse and he didnt like very much, but my hands were a lot harder then. I think i would try it again, i have used it on ponies and they seem to like it

 

[wispagold]

I had one on one of my pony who use to lean quite a bit. She really liked it, she was a welsh cross morgan and had quite a fleshy mouth (if that makes sense). None of my other horses liked it though, they just felt really wooden.

 

[Old Bat]

Thank you both, its all useful info!

 

[eggs]

Worked very well on my dressage horse when out hacking as he would lean in the faster work in company with his Sprenger KK. In the magic bit he was a joy to canter.

He was a Danish warmblood with a short but fleshy mouth and a large tongue.

 

[Kallibear]

They're dead cheap on ebay so just buy one and find out.

I found they a) don't come big enough for larger horses and b) have stupidly small bit rings which are useless if you're horse has a steering failure.

 

[wispagold]

They're dead cheap on ebay so just buy one and find out.

I found they a) don't come big enough for larger horses and b) have stupidly small bit rings which are useless if you're horse has a steering failure.

I had 2: one with small rings and one with normal sized rings like you get on a loose ring snaffle so you can get them!