> > > I always thought if it had a shank, it wasn't a snaffle. > Ferne Fedeli
I looked this up in "Bits and Bridles"--very excellent book! So actually, the Ebay bit is technically a curb, since it acts by leverage on the horse's mouth. Snaffle bits (which can have a broken/jointed or bar mouthpiece) act by direct pressure on the horse's mouth. Therein lies the definition of snaffle vs. curb--snaffle acts by direct pressure, curb acts by leverage. So the Ebay bit is in fact a broken-mouth curb bit, as there are no rings to attach a rein to use it w/ direct pressure (like for instance a Monte Foreman pelham, which I used on Santana--he liked it pretty well.) Robyn
