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[RC] Robyn Hood & Balance Rein - rides2farIn? Trail Blazer, Robyn Hood suggests using a "balance rein" to control the hard charging, competitive horse, a rein tied in a loop at the base of the horses neck.? Can any one give more instructions:? How tight and where is the rein when gauging tightness?? How best is it used.? I ride with a hackamore,? will it still be effective??Ted Ruprecht When Melissa Crain sent Charbiel down here for my daughter to ride she included his stirrup leather that he wears around his neck like that. I thought of it more as something for a very *easy* to control horse... certainly no great amount of pressure. Josie really liked it...just a slight pull on the neck and leave his mouth alone. If that's supposed to work on a hard charging horse I think I'll try it. Kaboot has been HORRID ever since I've been back on him after the lay-off. I can stop his front end fine, but the rear end is totally separate...just keeps driving forward until he's scrunched up like an accordian. He's 14 now. I've always rewarded him as soon as he gives me a little...he says "Thank you" and takes off again. The more years of racing he's had the worse he's gotten. I did 2 years without going that fast and he wasn't so bad but now he's getting pretty hard to bear. He's never really been "raced" as far as running fast side by side (O.K. twice in 2800 miles and then at the finish... he's racey at a trot. Thing is, he knows his job. He's much better in competition. Just seems to want to make working around home interesting. I like the fan belt idea...no buckle. Barbed wire? Hmmm Thought I'd get him in shape before going to our first 50 this spring. Now I'm thinking of taking him to a 50 to try to knock the edge off of him so he'll *let* me condition him. Angie ________________________________________________________________ Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today Only $9.95 per month! Visit www.juno.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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