Sprenger TURNADO Full Cheek Gag 18mm Mouth 60mm Ring. The Sprenger TURNADO Full Cheek Gag is a show jumping bit, ideal for challenging courses with lots of twists and turns. The TURNADO Full Cheek Gag is part of a new generation of bits with a unique mouthpiece that is turned 45 degrees. The special rotation is marked by a slightly abrasive surface in the centre part of the mouthpiece. The TURNADO's innovative angled mouthpiece ensures the rein aids reach the horse precisely, but in a soft way due to the pressure being evenly distributed across the tongue. Read more… The TURNADO can help prevent tongue vices and it promotes healthy chewing activity for the horse and enables perfect communication between horse and rider. The TURANADO mouthpiece offers precise reins aids whilst the full cheeks ensure directional control, use of a second rein in combination with a cheek piece for a gag enables increased poll pressure making this a great bit for the most technical show jumping courses. The TURNADO Loose Ring Snaffle bit is made from SENSOGAN which is a new scientifically proven bit material developed by Sprenger, SENSOGAN is the result of on-going development and improvement of Sprenger's original bit material AURIGAN. The distictive composition of copper, manganese and zinc give a much smoother and more regulated process of oxidation. SENSOGAN has been tested and proven to have a very positive effect on the horse's motivation and willingness to perform as well as contentment in the rider's contact. SENSOGAN has a reduced copper content / discharge which ensures the bit keeps it's white-gold colour for a longer period of time. The new special ingredient is manganese which is an important micro-nutrient which is a crucial activator and component of enzymes, it is also important for building up connective tissues and muscle and energy metabolism. Manganese is helpful in preventing muscle tension and in supporting stress reduction, it can also be an effective