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Re: Bits to Hackamores



Lucy,

PLEASE DO NOT use my rope halter by itself on the first endurance ride your
horse does.  You should try it along with your usual gear so you can be sure
that you can control your horse.  I always advise using two sets of reins
until you know for sure that your horse will respond to the rope ride
halter.  A lot of riders, including me, love riding in them, but please use
caution.  I have two horses that can start a ride in my Ride Halter, and one
that needs a double twisted wire snaffle & a running martingale in order for
me to start a race safely.  He put me in the hospital twice before I learned
that he turns into a demon at the start of a ride.  Just because a horse
behaves well on a normal conditioning ride with the rope ride halter, does
not mean that he will behave the same in a 50 mile race.  There is a lot of
electricity in the air before the start & I would advise you to PLEASE USE
CAUTION.   You might also go into the KBR Training page, that is reached
from my Web Site to learn about the proper use of both the rope halter & the
side pull halter.  For those of you who are interested, there are
instructions for making your own rope halter.  Check it out.

Pat Fredrickson
Natural Horse Handling Rope Halters
http://www.catechnologies.com/patfred

-----Original Message-----
From: Lucy C Trumbull <elsie@calweb.com>
To: Trailrite <Trailrite@aol.com>
Cc: ridecamp@endurance.net <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Date: Friday, January 16, 1998 2:30 PM
Subject: Re: Bits to Hackamores


>> At our ranch we trail train a lot of X Arabian
>> race horses.  This is what we put them in after 14 to 30 days of
training.  It
>> has a very short shank so the horse can eat and drink without anything
getting
>> in the way.
>
>As I mentioned to Paula when she first asked about this,
>I decided to try my young very green mare in an english
>hackamore the other weekend. Previous to this, I'd only
>ever ridden her in a rope halter, which she was fine in -
>understanding my "go this way, go that way" instructions
>with the reins.
>
>But in the hackamore - hmmm - it was like she was drunk.
>It seems that the "go this way" pull translated to her as:
>"tilt your head in the opposite direction and ignore all
>instructions". She couldn't figure it out at all.
>
>I eventually clipped the reins to the tops of the shanks,
>more like a sidepull (or, at least, what how I presume a
>sidepull works - I've never seen one), and then she responded
>normally.
>
>I can only assume that the pressure created by the shanks
>was confusing to her in some way. Interestingly, she was also
>less tuned to "Ho" pressure in the hackamore. So I think
>I'm probably going to abandon the idea (no sense in training
>her in something that makes no sense to her), and maybe
>just continue teaching her in a "riding rope halter" (like
>what Pat Frederick sells).
>
>So here's a thought. With all the talk of excitable endurance
>horses raring to go at the start, how likely is it, that, if
>you train your green horse right from the very beginning that
>un-asked-for speed is totally unacceptable and should not
>even be considered (can this be done?), that riding said
>horse in a rope halter will work well?
>
>Just a thought.
>
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>Lucy Chaplin Trumbull - elsie@calweb.com
>Displaced English person in Sacramento, CA
>
>http://www.calweb.com/~trouble
>http://www.calweb.com/~elsie
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