Can I use this bit for Dressage?

AppendixQHgirl · 04-20-2007, 11:18 AM

I am going to a one day event in a few months. We have to go by USEA rules. They do bit checks and i want to make sure my bit is approved. for some reason i can not get the rules to show up on my older than dirt computer.I have been riding my horse in a full cheek snaffle W/ copper mouth (nickle plated shanks) and bit keepers on the top shanks. This is my first time going to a big event usally i go to the small local ones.Thanks for any help with this.

No1Dazy · 04-20-2007, 11:26 AM

I'll double check, but I believe the bit must be made of one solid metal--the copper mouth part is the part I'm unsure about. A full cheek snaffle should be fine.

CowGirlUp1833 · 04-20-2007, 11:28 AM

Oh, can I highjack this thread a bit and ask if a slow twist snaffle is OK?

harli36 · 04-20-2007, 11:32 AM

I'm not sure if eventing dressage and "normal" dressage rules differ but according to the "normal" dressage rules that bit with keepers is fine.

Good luck and have fun

harli36 · 04-20-2007, 11:33 AM

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Originally Posted by CowGirlUp1833

Oh, can I highjack this thread a bit and ask if a slow twist snaffle is OK?

Again not sure if eventing dressage vs. "normal" dressage is different but for "normal" dressage twisted mouthpieces of any kind are NOT allowed.

CowGirlUp1833 · 04-20-2007, 11:34 AM

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Originally Posted by harli36

Again not sure if eventing dressage vs. "normal" dressage is different but for "normal" dressage twisted mouthpieces of any kind are NOT allowed.

This would be "normal" dressage. (LOL.)

JBandRio · 04-20-2007, 12:04 PM

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Originally Posted by CowGirlUp1833

This would be "normal" dressage. (LOL.)

If it's an event, even a 1-day event, that's not "normal" dressage, so the rules are a bit different. What the differences are I can't tell you

harli36 · 04-20-2007, 01:23 PM

I just looked up the eventing dressage rules United States Equestrian Federation, Inc

I couldn't find anything that said the bits were okay or not okay. I would assume the OP's bit would be fine but because it is illegal in "normal" dressage I would think the twisted bit is illegal, but you should email them and check.

Dressage Princess · 04-20-2007, 05:22 PM

I'm pretty sure any sort of twist or dual-metal mouthpiece is illegal in any sort of dressage. The only difference I can think of for eventing dressage is that you are not allowed to carry a whip.

harli36 · 04-20-2007, 05:37 PM

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Originally Posted by DressagePrinces

I'm pretty sure any sort of twist or dual-metal mouthpiece is illegal in any sort of dressage. The only difference I can think of for eventing dressage is that you are not allowed to carry a whip.

Actually I re-read the rules before I posted, in "normal" dressage the only thing that is mentioned in reguards to what the bit is made of is....

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Originally Posted by DR121 item 14

....Bits must be made of metal or rigid plastic and may be covered with rubber; flexible rubber bits are not permitted except as noted below

Nowhere does it say that bits made of two different metals are prohibited.

If I'm remembering right there used to be a rule that stated that bits must be made entirely of the same metal but that this rule was overturned because of the benefits of having copper in a mouthpiece. Also the Myler MB02 comfort snaffle is allowed and that has copper inlays.

04-20-2007, 11:18 AM	#1
AppendixQHgirl Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New York Posts: 3	Can I use this bit for Dressage? I am going to a one day event in a few months. We have to go by USEA rules. They do bit checks and i want to make sure my bit is approved. for some reason i can not get the rules to show up on my older than dirt computer.I have been riding my horse in a full cheek snaffle W/ copper mouth (nickle plated shanks) and bit keepers on the top shanks. This is my first time going to a big event usally i go to the small local ones.Thanks for any help with this.

04-20-2007, 11:26 AM	#2
No1Dazy Senior Member+ Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 2,228 Images: 93 Blog Entries: 16	I'll double check, but I believe the bit must be made of one solid metal--the copper mouth part is the part I'm unsure about. A full cheek snaffle should be fine. __________________ "Out of nothing comes nothing. We must at least try." ~Wolfgang May, 7/18/08

04-20-2007, 11:32 AM	#4
harli36 Senior Member+ Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: northeastern Pa Posts: 4,732 Images: 45	I'm not sure if eventing dressage and "normal" dressage rules differ but according to the "normal" dressage rules that bit with keepers is fine. Good luck and have fun __________________ The Morgan Horse! Everything else is just a horse. http://www.morganhorse.com/

04-20-2007, 01:23 PM	#8
harli36 Senior Member+ Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: northeastern Pa Posts: 4,732 Images: 45	I just looked up the eventing dressage rules United States Equestrian Federation, Inc I couldn't find anything that said the bits were okay or not okay. I would assume the OP's bit would be fine but because it is illegal in "normal" dressage I would think the twisted bit is illegal, but you should email them and check. __________________ The Morgan Horse! Everything else is just a horse. http://www.morganhorse.com/

04-20-2007, 05:22 PM	#9
Dressage Princess Senior Member+ Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: In the saddle, Sydney, Australia Posts: 1,742 Images: 40	I'm pretty sure any sort of twist or dual-metal mouthpiece is illegal in any sort of dressage. The only difference I can think of for eventing dressage is that you are not allowed to carry a whip. __________________ Member of the Dressage Club and the Snarky Hag Club! "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." ~ Martin Luther King

04-20-2007, 11:28 AM	#3
CowGirlUp1833 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: On the Lake Michigan Shoreline Posts: 17,367 Images: 438 Blog Entries: 41	Oh, can I highjack this thread a bit and ask if a slow twist snaffle is OK?

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