Pee Wee Horse Bit

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The Macs Equine Pee Wee bit is the most comfortable and responsive bit you can put in your horse’s mouth.

Whether starting young horses, correcting existing mouthing problems, through to performing to the highest level, the Macs Equine Pee Wee Bit is now considered the leading performance bit for most disciplines.

The mouth bar

Surveys have shown that 80% of horses have low palates and large fleshy tongues. This means that the majority of bits on the market are too thick in the mouth bar and so don’t leave enough room in the mouth for the tongue.

As a result the tongue lifts the mouth bar up until it contacts the roof of the mouth (mouth palate). This is a major irritation which causes the horse to toss its head up and forwards to try and shake the bit to the front of the mouth to create some room and stop the contact to the palate.

We have eliminated this problem by introducing a thinner mouth bar which leaves plenty of room for the tongue and eliminates contact to the roof of the mouth as well as being lightweight and beautifully shaped to fit over the tongue. Also being a fixed mullen mouth bar there is no “nutcracker “effect which is very disconcerting to horses.

Position of the mouth bar over the tongue

The mouth bar of the Macs Equine Pee Wee bit sits further forward over the tongue and bars than conventional bits. This position of contact on the tongue along with even pressure down onto the bars, encourages the horse to flex down at the pole, which means the horse is down over the bit in a better position to work rather than getting behind the bit and getting it’s head in the air and wanting to take off. This better head and neck carriage position acts like a natural brake that makes it far easier to pull up a horse.

The mouth bar also provides tongue relief and stays permanently quiet in the mouth until a command is given. This unique benefit is achieved due to the floating mouth bar. The mouth bar actually floats up and down and backwards on the large rings so at no time is there pressure on the tongue.

Horses move their tongue readily when they swallow and while drinking water and with traditional bits a mouth bar is an obstruction but the mouth bar of the Pee Wee does not interfere with tongue movement, which provides comfort at all times for the horse.

Position of large rings and side bars

A large percentage of bitting issues are the result of the large rings or bars of the bit contacting the sensitive side of the face. This results in the lips being forced against the teeth, which causes pain to the horse. Proof of this is when the horse starts tossing their head to the side to try and get away from the bit to relieve the discomfort, or if the pain becomes extreme, they will actually start laying on the bit to fight the pain, which results in the all too familiar problems.

The Macs Equine Pee Wee bit eliminates these problems due to the fact the large rings of the Pee Wee do not contact the sensitive sides of the face. The rings actually fold back over the outside of the small side bars which are positioned under the lower jaw which keeps them off the face, eliminating pinching and hence head tossing.

The side bars are strategically placed just outside of the lower jaw and only contact the jaw when rein contact is given. Due to the specific placement of these side bars, it is too uncomfortable for a horse to lay against the side bars, so you no longer lose contact. It also makes it very easy to turn a horse.

Sizes : Small 11.5cm-41/2″= 12 hands to 15.1 Hands  – Ponies, gallowways, small Thoroughbreds, small Cobs, Arabs, Morgans, small Quarter horses

Medium 12.5cm-5″ = 15.2hands to 17 hands – Large Quarter Horses, broad headed / jawed breeds, the largest of Thoroughbreds, Suffolks, Hackneys, large Cobs

Large 13.5cm-51/2″ = 17 hands plus – Largest of Warmbloods, Irish Drafts, Belgians, Clydedales