Re: RC: Vosal Question

[Jim Holland <lanconn@tds.net>]

Sindy...

I own one of these.  It basically works like a Bosal, which doesn't
provide the control of a hack.  The Bosal (or Vosal) is not intended to
be a control device.  It has kind of a covered weight where the normal
Bosal knot would be.  I did a couple of rides in it.  Although it works
great just out trail riding, I found that the covered weight rubbed the
hide off the chin bones when he's really pulling on me, so I went back
to an S-hack. There's a pretty good article on Bosals in Equus this
month.

Sounds like the best choice here would be to fix the problem with your
mare grabbing the hackamore....don't really see how she does that
anyway. Are you using a long shank hack?  Might want to try the Arabian
S-hack...doesn't have the long shanks for her to grab.

Jim, Sun of Dimanche, and Mahada Magic

guest@endurance.net wrote:
> 
> sindy mccosker sindymccosker@hotmail.com
> We are trying to think of something to ride our mare in that might repace
> her mechanical hackamore.  When she gets really wound up at the start of a
> ride, she will grab the shank with her mouth and takes off.  We were
> looking in the Sporttack cataloge and saw the Vosal. Does anyone know if
> the Vosal has the same control as a mechanical hack? I see that it fits
> more like a traditional bosal. Any advice or ideas will be greatly
> appeciated.  Sindy and Holly
> 
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