A bridle bit for horses comprises a mouthpiece to be received in the mouth of a horse. A head stall ring member rotatably mounted through the outward ends of the mouthpiece member has a portion extending through the mouthpiece outward ends secured to a cylindrical cheek piece member which rotates therewith. The cheek piece members extend forwardly from the outward ends of the mouthpiece member and reside closely adjacent the cheek of the horse and a rein ring member is rotatably mounted on each cheek piece member extending forwardly therefrom and the forward end is adapted to receive rein apparatus. The head stall ring member may also have a slot adapted to receive a curb chain. The mouthpiece members move independently of one another, the head stall and cheek piece members rotate about their longitudinal axis as a unit relative to the mouthpiece members, and the rein ring members and cheek piece members rotate about their longitudinal axis as a unit relative to the mouthpiece members and the head stall members rotate partially about their longitudinal axis relative to the cheek piece members. The fully rotatable shank may be used with any suitable mouthpiece, including mouthpieces of a fixed construction and two and three part snaffle mouthpieces.

A bridle bit including opposite side elongated plate-like upstanding shanks for disposition at the sides of the mouth of a horse and including rein eyes at their lower ends and support eyes at their upper ends through which adjacent ends of the nose band and lower ends of the cheek straps of the associated bridge are secured. A chain chin strap is secured between the lower eyes of the shanks or cheek pieces and approximately the upper third of each of the shanks disposed below the upper end eyes define vertically elongated eye portions between which a bit or mouthpiece chain is secured, the opposite end links of the bit or mouthpiece chain being slidably disposed on the front portions of the vertically elongated eye portions of the shanks or cheek pieces whereby the elevation of the ends of the bit or mouthpiece chain may be increased along the eye portions of the cheek pieces or shanks as the associated reins are pulled rearwardly so as to swing the lower ends of the cheek pieces or shanks rearwardly and upwardly.

A bridle bit including a mouthpiece connected to at least one cheek ring. The mouthpiece is sized and shaped to be received in a horse's mouth. The cheek ring, preferably generally ringed shaped, is connected to an end of the mouthpiece and resides closely adjacent to the cheek of the horse. The cheek ring includes a headstall slot extending radially through an upper circumferential portion of the ring so that each headstall slot is co-planar with a plane defined by a circumference of the ring. The cheek ring may also include a rein slot extending radially through a lower circumferential portion of the ring so that the rein slot is also co-planar with the plane defined by the circumference of the ring. Additionally, the cheek ring may include a curb chain aperture extending radially through the cheek ring. The curb chain aperture is preferably defined by the upper circumferential portion of the ring and preferably is disposed immediately adjacent to the headstall slot so that the curb chain aperture is co-planar with the plane defined by the circumference of the ring.