Informed Designs Allowance Weymouth

The Allowance has the largest of my ports in the centre the port is not too large for the average mouth Remember the bottom of the port does not sit on the top of the tongue and the top stick into the roof of the horses mouth the port allows the tongue to be drawn into the space. As the reins are used together the whole mouthpiece is pulled towards the tongue and lower jaw pressing the tongue down at first until it reaches the bars of the mouth, the tongue then has plenty of room to move up and fill the space created by the port and the forward curve of the mouthpiece

Very useful for Horses that are:

• inclined to put the tongue over the bit
• inclined to put the tongue out of the mouth
• are very light and do not draw the rein forward

The Weymouth Cheek designed to work on three balanced pressures as the reins are used the Horse feels downward mouth pressure poll pressure and then these two pressures are balanced out by the chain or jaw strap moving onto the jaw to stop the first two pressures from over riding each other. It is crucial that the curb chain is set well so that the shank of the Weymouth only turns to about 45% and then the chain snugly tucks onto the jaw. Too tight and the Horse gets no release or reward and too loose and the pressures are unbalanced and the Horse will have to resist to escape. The correct mouthpiece should encourage the Horse forward into the contact and the three pressures control head frame, weight transferral and are your brakes! It is really important that the cheeks are the right length if they have been constructed poorly and not in balance then the bit simply does not work

The Allowance Weymouth works best if the horse is not too strong with the Harmony Loose Ring if the Horse is strong with the Response Loose Ring.