Subject: Re: [RC] straight loads with
mangers, and not tied
People who tie say that the horse can break its neck if its head
is down. People who don't tie say they want their horse to be able to
maneuver in case of accident and that they want them to be able to lower their
heads.
I had a friend of mine call me once when the front of the trailer
where it attaches to the hitch broke and the trailer sailed over a chain link
fence onto a frontage road. By the time they got off the freeway and to
where the trailer was (upside down and crumpled) the mare was gone. Some
kids were there and said there was a horse over behind the apartment building
on the lawn and there she was, eating happily. She had a scrape on the
top of her head and on the top of her rump. When I came to get her, she
looked at my little two horse slant load like you want me to do what?
Then she just calmly walked in. Her owner (contrary to state law) rode
in the manger to make sure she was all right. Amazing.
But.............I don't know if she was tied in or
not..............mb
