Bit snapped in half!

[myhorseisginger]

Today I was cantering up a field on my boy and went to slow him up a bit and his bit snapped in half! This of course spooked him and I found my self galloping up the middle of a mile long stubble field with the bit dangling down his cheeks. It literally snapped in to two pieces and each half was hanging from the cheek pieces banging him in the face (which really helped!)

I ended up bailing as after about 60 seconds of bolting realised he wasn't going to stop and we were heading straight for a really really rutty bit of ground. Smashed my head, couldn't remember a thing, was a loon for the next hour, didn't know where i was, what had happended, where my horse was (he'd legged it home thank god) cue trip to a and e to be told i was concussed.

I'm so annoyed, the bit isn't old and it wasn't cheap, imagine if we'd been on the rode and it had broken.. someone could have been killed!

x

[HoneyMonster]

What make was it? And what kind of mouth piece?

[Method_Acting]

That is terrifying :eek: thank god you both made it home in one piece..

Hope you feel better soon, being concussed isn't fun :( what kind of bit was it?

[KateWooten]

Wow, that's scary. You might want to take that up with the manufacturers, actually, you really should take it up because they need to make sure that never happens again. I would have bailed too - glad you're ok :eek:

[shadowfax1967]

OMG!!:eek:
Thank god you and your horse are ok, this could have been nasty.
what bit was it if you dont mind me asking?
You need to take thing easy and chill out!!! and nurse that bad head of yours you are very lucky and i think that incident would have spooked any horse:eek::)

[FayeObs]

wow, ive never heard of that happening!!

thank god youre both ok! & good job he knew his way home!

[myhorseisginger]

It was a centre revolver snaffle, looking at it now the revolver lozenge bit is held together by a screw type fasting.... dodgy. Will defo be tking it up with them, it could have been alot worse!x

The lozenge is the same as the below but mines a loose ring snaffle, not hanging cheek

[alanalovesfinn]

:eek: How awful! That must have been terrifying! Glad you're both ok though. :)

[Kis Vihar]

OMG How terrifying! :eek: I saw that happen in a showjumping ring once - same thing - bit just snapped and horse took off. Rider also bailed out and was luckily not too badly hurt.

Definately contact Jeffries, they will probably want the bit back to examine. Make sure you take LOTS of photos of it, from every angle, before you send it, for your records.

I would be interested to know what Jeffries have to say about the matter. They should definately be interested, as they could be looking at a design fault or a faulty batch of bits. Scary.

[carn77]

Bloody hell how scary
Glad to hear both yourself and your horse are safe

[mikh]

bloody hell, i hope you're alright. and the horse, what a terrifying thing to happen. Defo take it up with jefferies. Hope you don't feel too sore tomorrow!

[Madaz_Maddy]

Ek:eek::eek:

That must have been horrendous, I'm so plsd your both ok. Def put in a complaint, like you say what if it had happenedon the road!! Also if its a batch thing there could be more out there like that, even more frightening:confused::eek:

[myhorseisginger]

I don't remember too much about it but remember the bit going and having an 'oh s***' moment! And then as we were heading for the bad ground i remember thinking 'right I'm getting off now!' and kicking my feet out of my stirrups! Good job I bailed as he p***** off all the way home and it's a good half mile!

I'm going to try and get hold of an address for them tomorrow, I want it examined, it could have been so much worse.I just keep thinking imagine if i had been on the road :mad:

When I looked at my hat later I must have landed right on the top of my head, the very top of the hat (where the bobble bit is on the highest part) was the only bit with loads of mud on it. Bloody god job I had it on (not that I would ride without one anyway!) but just goes to show what can happen, my boy is pretty good but that scared the life out of him. If i hadn't had it on i would have been seriously in trouble

[hot.to.trot]

oh god!!!!! thats is shockign and terrible!!!

[Chunkykiwi]

Flipping heck!!

Thank goodness you are both ok.

I agree with the others, defo take it up with Jefferies

[nicolawx]

Oh god thats an awful thing to happen! :eek:
I hope you feel better soon.

I've seen this happen in a SJ ring, but luckily the horse stopped.
I too would of bailed if i was in that situation.

[cloudandmatrix]

Omg that must have been absolutly terrifying! Thank god u and the horse are alright. Definatly take it up wth jefferies, your poor head and horse!

[starrynight]

:eek: that is frightening!!! Glad you and the horse are ok though (well except from your concussion).

[Carrie+Morgan]

OHM :eek: that sounds horrible for you and your boy!! Glad to hear that both of you have come out of it unhurt!

[Ace87]

Oh my lord how scary! Poor you! Glad you and horse are okay.

Take lots of photos of the bit before you send it off anywhere. Jeffries should have a customer care line you can ring to let them know you''re posting a complaint etc. Keep us informed I am very interested to see what happens with this!

Oh and, saftey fist - go buy a new hat too!! :)

[Crazy Mare]

:eek::eek::eek:

Glad that you are both ok and I hope that you recover from your concussion soon.

Will be interested to know what Jeffries have to say on the matter. Terrifying thing to happen and could have ended up so much worse too.

[tandp]

Yes it will indeed be interesting to see what Jefferies say.

I wonder will they say you must have been exerting too much force on the bit! That would be cheeky!

[myhorseisginger]

Quick update for you all, spoke to them this morning and they were not overly helfpul (not that i expected them to be delighted!) but have asked me to send it back to them. I have done a covering letter explaining what happended and that I want them to pay for my expenses incurred.

I've been advised to contact trading standards prior to sending the bit off to them so will do that tomorrow

x x x x

[boe]

Hope you're feeling a bit better, if i was you before you send the bit back to them, take some good close up photo's of it for your own records ( just in case ), good idea about contacting trading standards.

[~*Saree*~]

I've only ever heard of this happening once before, it was years ago, but I'm afraid to say it was the same make of bit. :confused:

Anyone else ever heard of this?

[NightRider]

Today I was cantering up a field on my boy and went to slow him up a bit and his bit snapped in half! This of course spooked him and I found my self galloping up the middle of a mile long stubble field with the bit dangling down his cheeks. It literally snapped in to two pieces and each half was hanging from the cheek pieces banging him in the face (which really helped!)

I ended up bailing as after about 60 seconds of bolting realised he wasn't going to stop and we were heading straight for a really really rutty bit of ground. Smashed my head, couldn't remember a thing, was a loon for the next hour, didn't know where i was, what had happended, where my horse was (he'd legged it home thank god) cue trip to a and e to be told i was concussed.

I'm so annoyed, the bit isn't old and it wasn't cheap, imagine if we'd been on the rode and it had broken.. someone could have been killed!

x
Wow...that stinks, sorry to hear. How did you helmet fair the fall?

[myhorseisginger]

Wow...that stinks, sorry to hear. How did you helmet fair the fall?


Not bad - apart from being covered in mud and a bit scratched up it looks ok.

Don't worry though - i realise it's not ok t use now! Saved me head tho - apart from having a bruised skull (nice) and concussion it served me pretty well me thinks

x

[NightRider]

Not bad - apart from being covered in mud and a bit scratched up it looks ok.

Don't worry though - i realise it's not ok t use now! Saved me head tho - apart from having a bruised skull (nice) and concussion it served me pretty well me thinks

x

Well if a bit of mud broke your fall I suppose thats good:o, instead of hard ground. I can't imagine falling that bad then not remembering anything it'd be so scary:eek:

[myhorseisginger]

sadly it was hard ground, very hard.... the bit i landed on was anyway. i just hit it hard enough for it to mess up my hat!! was very weird indeed.... bad times :) x x x

[NightRider]

sadly it was hard ground, very hard.... the bit i landed on was anyway. i just hit it hard enough for it to mess up my hat!! was very weird indeed.... bad times :) x x x

What helmet were you using? I watched a girl at my barn a month ago fall off my RI's huge Dressage horse over a jump(she shouldn't have let her ride him) and she didn't look like she fell hard but spent the rest of the time off and on crying:-(. I can't imagine what getting a concussion would be like