Re: Stiff hose Stakeout

["Raymond O'Donohue" <rayo@cfw.com>]

Nancy Mitts wrote:
> 
> I have seen horses staked out in a similar manner at a pleasure ride camp. My first thought was "If someone does that at an endurance ride the 
first horse that
> tangled with that horse sure as anything!"
> Nancy Mitts     Rigged properly,one horse cannot become entangled on a good Field 
Trail stakeout-the cable/hose is too stiff,and any loops which partially 
form are sprung open automaticaly.Even with two horses,I think you'd see 
this situation self-limiting.But,anything's possible with horses.The 
rig you've seen may have been poorly done.The key is to have extremely 
stiff hose encasing your cable.I have seen a lot of stakeouts that I 
wouldn't put a horse on unattended,but the horses on them have done 
OK.And gaited Field Trial horses can be pretty hot characters.