Sonora Llano Cricket

Just like most of the bits we offer, the slider concept came trying to address a need.  I was helping a friend who had been riding Cutting horses and moved over to riding Reiners.  She had really fast hands.  Fast hands and Reiners do not go together.  I simply put a port in a gag shank, hopefully, to help slow her hands down, but once I rode in it I could see a use for it in a lot of places.  The gag works as a shock absorber between the horses face and the riders hand, giving a horse time to understand what the rider is asking it to do.  The slider shanks come with a horizontal bottom ring that adds to the lateral pull. Helps with more leverage than the 4.5, this shank is 5.5.

My favorite mouthpiece for a wide variety of horses. The softest port in my opinion because it features a 1/2" bar with a very long transition from the port to the bar.  Offers a cricket for anxiety relief.  Not tall enough to make contact with the roof of their mouth.  I would suggest this mouthpiece if it's the first port you've ever tried.  We've put it on multiple horses who've never had a port in their mouth.  They accept it well.