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Bewertet in Großbritannien am 5. Dezember 2023
This Pelham bit produced by AK Riding Sports is beautifully made and will be a very attractive addition to a tack room wall. The cheek pieces are rich silvery chrome whilst the linked mouthpiece is a lustrous copper colour which AK call 'German Silver'.I firmly believe that for every horse or pony there is a perfect bit, or indeed combination of bit and noseband. Finding it can be a trial, especially as one must also allow for the skill of the jockey. One might think of the simple jointed Snaffle as a lowest common denominator, and there are a myriad variations of Snaffle.The Pelham is an altogether more complex device and a common use is to try and control hard-pulling horses. In this it is seen as a more powerful "brake". Sometimes it is seen as an alternative to a double bridle, ie with curb and bridoon combined into one. As with a double bridle it should result in a more rounded outline.In a Pelham there are many varieties of mouthpiece. It can be straight, or curved or ported, and be twisted or have keys; or it can be single or double jointed. This Pelham has a single joint, and the two halves of the mouthpiece are comparatively thin. I consider a thin snaffle to be more severe than a thicker one, and this bit has a thin mouthpiece.The mouthpiece connects to the cheek pieces with small eggbut hinges; but a consequence of the eggbut hinge, besides helping prevent pinching of the horse's lips,is to make a snaffle bit more severe..The cheekpieces themselves can be considered as having two parts. There is the section above the mouthpiece (the purchase) and the section below (the shank). The headpiece of the bridle attaches to a ring on the top of the purchase and a rein attaches to a ring on the bottom of the shank. The pivot point is the mouthpiece. Pulling on the lower rein not only drags the bit back against the bars of the mouth, but rotates the mouthpiece joint into the tongue and exerts a downward force on the horse's poll.The longer the shank compared to the purchase, the more torque, or twisting force, can be exerted. At the same time the longer the shank the greater the rider's control over this force. With a ratio of 6 (purchase) to 7 (shank) this bit is less powerful than many but not very subtle.Missing from this bit are the hooks to hang a curb chain, and the curb chain itself. Perhaps just as well.Somewhere there is a horse just waiting for this bit, but it's a powerful tool needing 'steady' hands.
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