What are bit-seats?
• The creation of bit-seats is a technique in which the first major premolars – the teeth against which the bit rides – are carefully rounded and shaped, thereby lifting the bit up and off of the sensitive bars, reducing tongue pressure and making certain that sensitive cheek tissue is not pinched between the bit and tooth. • Bit-seats provide for much greater comfort for the horse, and often result in great improvements in performance. • The installation of bit-seats reduces a great number of performance vices: headshaking, evading the bit, lugging, etc. • Bit-seats are a “must” for competition horses, and for horses in which a high degree of performance is expected. • Performance improvement is often instant and dramatic.
• The creation of bit-seats is a technique in which the first major premolars – the teeth against which the bit rides – are carefully rounded and shaped, thereby lifting the bit up and off of the sensitive bars, reducing tongue pressure and making certain that sensitive cheek tissue is not pinched between the bit and tooth. • Bit-seats provide for much greater comfort for the horse, and often result in great improvements in performance. • The installation of bit-seats reduces a great number of performance vices: headshaking, evading the bit, lugging, etc. • Bit-seats are a “must” for competition horses, and for horses in which a high degree of performance is expected. • Performance improvement is often instant and dramatic.
