Ported D San Saba

Our alternative to a ring snaffle. I designed this after years of frustration with a regular snaffle. I always had trouble when using a snaffle of my horses being heavy on it. Being stiff with their front feet, not wanting to engage their hind legs. So just like everybody else, I made the snaffle mouthpiece meaner, tried all kinds of martingales, and dropped nosebands, to no avail. But, when I finally listened to what every horse was telling me, I designed the ported D. The D itself has a slot for your headstall to keep the bit stationary so the port cannot turn over and get upside down in their mouth. We offer two ports in this, the Leon and the Llano cricket. Both mouthpieces I think are comfortable to the horse, providing a maximum amount of tongue relief and a 1/2" bar that provides more surface area for contact on their bar. The Llano with the cricket seems to help alleviate anxiety, especially on a hot colt or a rehab project. This is the best thing I’ve ever done. You only get one chance to make a first impression, so try this on your next colt that you start and I think, like me and many many top horse trainers in the western disciplines, you will be amazed.

This mouthpiece is a little crisper than the Llano or the Leon.  It has a 3/8" bar with a tighter transition between the port and the bar providing tons of tongue relief but not tall enough to make contact with the roof of their mouth.  Fit to ride a wide variety of horses.