🐴 Promotes Salivation & Soft Contact – Sweet iron mouthpiece oxidizes to release a sweet taste, encouraging mouthing and relaxation. 🧲 Copper Ribs Discourage Heavy Contact – Helps prevent horses from taking hold, ideal for stronger types needing refined control 🔄 Double-Jointed Design Prevents Nutcracker Effect – Offers smoother pressure distribution across the tongue and bars for added comfort. 💪 Stronger Bit for Enhanced Control – Pelham action engages poll, corners, bars, tongue, and chin groove for precise communication. 🛡️ Durable & Rust-Resistant – Stainless steel construction is easy to clean and built to withstand daily use. With a sweet iron mouthpiece designed to produce a sweet taste and encourage salivation as it oxidizes. The addition of copper ribs help to prevent the horse from taking to much contact, a good deterent for horses that tend to take hold. Pelham's work on the poll, corners, bars, tongue and chin groove. This is a stronger bit that will assist with control. The jointed mouthpiece works to prevent any nutcracker action.