The Happy Mouth Show Jump Straight Bit features an apple-scented, tough, non-toxic, flexible mouth with reinforcing stainless steel.
The Straight bar is a very mild, unvarying mouthpiece, meaning the pressure on the mouth does not change significantly as it is a fixed mouthpiece. The bit puts pressure on the tongue and lips (corner of the mouth), and it uses slight pressure on the bars depending on the size of your horse's tongue.
The Continental Gag should preferably be worn with two reins. The first rein should be used on the snaffle ring, which is the first ring adjacent to the mouthpiece. When the first rein is attached to the snaffle rein, it is used just like a loose ring hanging cheek bit, which uses poll pressure and lip pressure due to the sliding loose ring. It also applies various pressures in the mouth depending on the mouthpiece it is in conjunction with. When the second rein is attached to the ring below, the pressures are increased as the lower rings produce more leverage. If using two reins, this bit can function as a hanging cheek bit, and when more help is required, the second rein can be brought into play. If the bit is only used with one rein on the lower ring, then the pressure is applied constantly, and no pressure release is available for the horse.