Re: RC: Re: emergency brakes

[EquesB@aol.com]

In a message dated 6/20/00 3:05:45 PM Pacific Daylight Time, harpy@io.com 
writes:

<< You could
 pull his head all the way around 'till he was looking you dead in the eye,
 he'd continue on full speed ahead until he crashed into something. >>

I think the key to the one rein stop is to disengage the hind end.  I have 
had to do this a couple of times and pretty soon the runaway, decides to stop 
as soon as you lift the rein more on one side.  I also, think this is best 
practiced before getting into the runaway situation, but I would not hesitate 
to use it under any circumstances. Now as a kid, before I knew about one rein 
stops, I had a horse run like crazy at a dead run, I darn sure wasn't going 
to bail off, we were going through an orange grove, it was good footing.   At 
the end of the row of trees was very LARGE Catholic church.  I did say I was 
very young and stupid, but I aimed him for the church wall.  He stopped, it 
was a little rough, but it was a stop.  Do you think the church had anything 
to do with it?  <VBG> 

Jackie Baker