<< 30 horses all
riding around each other doing various tasks asked of them bridleless. Some
were jumping jumps, others were doing flying lead changes, and others still
were laying down and their rider was standing on them, one was even laying
down eating grass while his rider stood on him (he wasn't stressed:} BUT you
have to know what you are doing, research the methods, take some clinics and
classes and learn from a quailifed instructor before you try this. >>
In addition to this very good point is the fact that being out on 5200 acres
of open land when my horse spooks at a mountain lion (which happened 4 years
ago) is NOT the time to be confident in a minimal level of personal control,
since it is safe to assume my horse will have none. All this on a
professionally trained, nationally qualified, very even-tempered horse who
would never jump at dynamite, but I just feel safer. IMHO.
san