RE: RC: Re: RE: Re: Training ride today

[Karen Webb <kwebb@GSSB.com>]

Certainly it can be used as a gimmick, that's why I said "properly adjusted"
it is an aid.  However, if you go to any class A show, you will see most of
the western trainers, and some of the others, using it as a gimmick and a
quick fix to get a horses head down.  Used properly, it is just insurance
that your horse won't run around with his nose up in the air avoiding the
bit and making you fight for control.  

- Karen Webb

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Subject: Re: RC: Re: RE: Re: Training ride today


In a message dated 9/11/00 8:16:26 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
cyclone@snet.net 
writes:

<< > I don't like to use alot of aids and gimmicks when training young or 
green
 > horses, but I have found that the running martingale is an invaluable
tool
 > when used correctly.
 >
 Yes, but 97% of the time, it's a gimmick. >>

Good point, but I agree with Abby's math.  I've had ONE horse in my whole 
life that truly benefitted from one, and we didn't use it for long....

Heidi