Hanging Cheek

I prefer 2 reins because

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lower, the hanging cheek encourages lower head carriage by exerting a small amount of poll pressure- I use one on RU with a french link, i love it very much but will soon be changing back to a plain snaffle or kk ultra as it is too strong for him now.
 
Thanks guy's majority say lower which I thought it was !! Just read somewhere it can higher the head and 3% agreed with this

But I must go with majority

Cheers guys
 
Other, it causes absaloutely no poll pressure (try sticking your fingers under the headpiece and getting a friend to fiddle with the reins). To cause poll pressure there must be a point of leverage around which 2 fixed points of roatation turn (i.e. a mouthpiece with a ring above for the cheekpiece and a ring below for the rein) The hanging cheek/baucher suspends the bit in the mouth making it stiller and less fussy for sensitive horses
 
Whoops, sorry, pressed wrong button. I put higherer, I didn't mean that at all. I was under the impression that the upper ring just held the bit in the mouth rather than raised or lowered it.
 
I'm with Druid and Enfys on this one - I co-incidentally just popped one on my fussy mare last night for the first time. Her head carriage was exactly the same, but she was much happier in her mouth!
 
Is there any difference between a hanging cheek and a Baucher? Or is Baucher just a posher name for the same bit? Just wondered as they look about the same to me!
 
I have been argueing this for ages. I was always taught that the filet baucher did not exert poll pressure it mearly lifted the bit in the mouth to keep it off the bars and as such was actualy milder in action that a standard snaffle. I use one on my mare who is very fussy in her mouth and hates any sort of pressure (can't use jointed bits on her at all).
 
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