Martingales - gimmick?

[Lif Strand <fasterhorses@gilanet.com>]

At 08:28 AM 9/12/00 -0700, Bette Lamore wrote:
>Sheila Varian rides all her horses with a running martingale during 
>training and many times afterwards. I would hardly call her a gimmick 
>user-- she is an incredible horsewoman

That last phrase is the key, tho.  Sheila has incredible hands!  However, 
the times I've seen her or photos of her riding trail, I have not seen her 
using martingales.  I'm not sure she uses them on trail horses.  Lif




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