Hanging cheek snaffle for dressage?

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Looking into buying a hanging cheek, french link snaffle for coblet for dressage. He naturally has a high, sticky-outy head carriage and schooling has made him better. Put him in a pelham and he goes lovely and i am told it is dressage legal with a bit of poll pressure?

Can anyone advise me on anything please :)
 
See I was always a firm believer that a hanging cheek gave no poll pressure, despite a lot of people thinking that it does...but if you look at the description of it on The Horse Bit Bank it says it does?! I think I've stood and been corrected!
 
I find it gives a little more control but no pressure - particularly good for large tongued cobs who insist on putting their tongues over the bit:rolleyes:
 
Now I'm really confused - thanks faracat ;-)
Maybe I should go back to my first opinion that it doesnt give poll pressure - you don't even need a GCSE in physics to work that one out! Lol!
 
They are very stable in the horse's mouth and some horses really like that. My grey is in a hanging cheek (Myler) because it's the only bit that she liked.
 
If you want to buy it because you are expecting poll pressure then I wouldn't bother- some horses go well in it because it is such a stable bit and doesn't move around a lot.

I rode Millie in one when we did BD and it is 100% legal for dressage.
 
5.5 I think, he's odd, some bits he has are 5, 5.5 and 6 :rolleyes:
He's ridden in a Waterford Dutch gag for jumping and fun rides ect and full cheek snaffle for hacking and dressage at the moment but his neck is so 'wooden'
 
If he is already wooden, I personally might not go down the hanging cheek route as he might find it very easy to set his neck against it.

See if you can try one instead of buying, as sometimes horses like the things that on paper are least likely to suit them :)
 
millitiger said:
If he is already wooden, I personally might not go down the hanging cheek route as he might find it very easy to set his neck against it.

See if you can try one instead of buying, as sometimes horses like the things that on paper are least likely to suit them :)
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I would agree, tbh if his neck is wooden then the hanging cheek is the last thing I would suggest. I would go for a loose ring first. If you do want to go for the hanging cheek PM me and I'll post it for you.
 
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