TRUST Sweet Iron bit with large loose rings and ball-link Waterford mouthpiece
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A bit with large loose rings, made of blue-patinated mild steel, with a ball-link Waterford mouthpiece.
✨ Key features
- ✔ Sweet Iron is mild steel, blued during manufacturing by heating. When exposed to humid air and saliva, it develops a sweet-tasting surface oxidation that naturally stimulates salivation: the horse chews more and accepts the bit better.
- ✔ A series of articulated elliptical links: the mouthpiece adapts to every contour and provides no fixed point of leverage. Used on horses that are heavy in the hand and have difficulty relaxing their jaw.
- ✔ The rings slide freely through the mouthpiece, and their large diameter provides more leverage than an ordinary ring.
📋 Technical specifications
- Type: large loose-ring bit
- Material: Sweet Iron
- Mouthpiece: ball-link Waterford
- Mouthpiece thickness: 16 mm
- Sizes (mm): 115 / 125 / 135 / 145
🐎 Why choose this product?
No fixed point of leverage: the heavy horse has nothing to lean against. Reserve it for steady hands, as its mobility leaves no room for a moving hand.
🧴 Usage advice
⚠️ Bit size is given in millimetres: it is the width of the mouthpiece from one ring to the other. A 125 measures 12.5 cm. Measure your horse's mouth with a bit-sizing ruler, or use the measurement of the bit it wears: if too wide, the bit moves around and pinches; if too narrow, it tightens the corners of the mouth. ⚠️ Fit rubber bit guards: it is between the mobile ring and the mouthpiece that the corner of the mouth gets pinched. ⚠️ The blue colour turns silver-grey or brown-grey with use, and an orange film appears when the bit remains unused: this is normal Sweet Iron behaviour, not a defect. A wipe with a damp cloth is enough to remove it. This oxidation is not harmful. ⚠️ Very mobile mouthpiece, reserved for experienced, steady hands.
