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Is Your Bit Hurting Your Horse?

When you pull on the bit using the reins, what happens in the horse’s mouth? Most riders never even think about it.

When the reins are pulled while using a traditional bit, the horse generally opens the mouth and sometimes shakes their head because they are experiencing pain as the result of the bit rotating in their mouth. Often, they will begin to adopt avoidance habits such as:

Placing the tongue over the bit
Grabbing at the bit
Becoming nervous or fidgety
Opening their mouth much wider than normal
Dropping their chin down towards their chest

Is There A Perfect Horse Bit

A bit that can give a clear signal to your horse without causing it all the pain and discomfort that a traditional horse bit can cause? We made it.

Let’s talk about “The Perfect Bit.”

The Perfect Bit was invented by expert horse trainer and bit expert, Darren Stoner. After years of seeing horses suffer from how a traditional bit functions, he began to look at the bit mechanics to see if it could be changed and made better.

Since the main issue is that if you move one side of the bit it moves the other causing the bit to rotate uncomfortably in the mouth, then there would have to be a way to make each side of the bit to move independently of the other.

In order for that to happen, there would have to be independent rotation on each side of the bit. That’s when the innovative and patented ball-joint connection was invented.

This ball-joint connection of the shank to the mouthpiece allows independent rotational cheek movement that enables the rider to send the desired message without mixed signals to his horse without pain and discomfort to the horse.

The Perfect Bit combines control and horse comfort without the mixed signals.

When you pull the reins on the right side, the left shank doesn’t move and rotate the bit and vice versa.

It just makes sense that if you don’t rotate the bit and cause the horse pain that your horse will perform better?

You and Your Horse Have A Relationship

It’s important to understand that you and your horse have a relationship. As with any relationship, do you want to cause pain to the other?

How do you think your horse will respond if they don’t have the pain and pressure in their mouth?

We have a list of FAQs here.

Our Team

The Perfect Bit is the result of many years of experimentation with numerous bits as Darren Stoner widened his search for a mouthpiece that allowed him to combine control with horse comfort. The Perfect Bit design allows the horse to respond to the specific messages being sent by the rider’s hands rather than the confusion that can accompany a mouthpiece that is constantly moving with every slight touch of the reins. Darren was discussing the ongoing challenge of finding a more complete bit when the idea for The Perfect Bit was born.

Darren Stoner says, “I have experimented with every type of bit known on my search for the Perfect Bit. I found many bits that accomplished a specific goal in a part of a horse’s development but could never find a bit which could be used in a more multi-dimensional manner without any negatives.