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Snaffle bit The snaffle bit is a non-leverage bit that transmits pressure directly from your hand through the rein to the corner of the horse’s mouth. Sometimes the snaffle is improperly thought of as any bit with a “broken” or jointed mouthpiece. But that broken-mouth “Tom Thumb” snaffle bit hanging in your tack room is a misnomer, because Tom Thumbs are leverage bits and therefore, by definition, aren’t snaffle bits. The same goes for the Argentinean snaffle bit. It has snaffle in its name, but has leverage shanks—so isn’t a true snaffle.