TRUST Sweet Iron Full Cheek Snaffle with medium tongue relief
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A full-cheek snaffle made of blue-patinated mild steel, with a medium tongue-relief barrel.
✨ Key features
- ✔ Sweet Iron is mild steel, blued during manufacturing by heating. When exposed to humid air and saliva, it develops a surface oxidation with a sweet taste that naturally stimulates salivation: the horse chews more and accepts the bit better.
- ✔ Straight barrel with medium tongue relief: more room for the tongue and less pressure at its center.
- ✔ Two vertical cheekpieces on a fixed ring. These cheeks press against the side of the horse's face and make steering noticeably easier. The ring is smaller than that of a D-ring bit, so the leverage effect is lower.
📋 Technical specifications
- Type: full-cheek snaffle
- Material: Sweet Iron
- Barrel: medium tongue relief
- Barrel thickness: 16 mm
- Sizes (mm): 115 / 125 / 135 / 145
🐎 Why choose this product?
The most common compromise between pressure on the bars and tongue freedom.
🧴 Care instructions
⚠️ Bit size is given in millimetres: it is the width of the barrel from one ring to the other. A 125 measures 12.5 cm. Measure your horse's mouth with a measuring gauge, or use the measurement of the bit it wears: too wide, the bit moves around and pinches; too narrow, it squeezes the corners of the mouth. ⚠️ The upper cheeks are secured to the bridle with keepers to prevent them from tipping forward. ⚠️ 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.
