Any one of us who has ponied horses off the
one we are riding has experienced the "rope under tail" problem. I have
often thought of creating some sort of "rump rug" made of heavy duty netting for
the horse being ridden. If this "rug" hangs down far enough.....say down
to the bottom of the butt, wouldn't this prevent the rope from getting under his
tail? The netting would be very flexible and would adjust to the horse
taking a pit stop. I'm thinking something like volleyball netting, or
maybe this is too heavy. I can't remember how heavy that kind of netting
is. Anyone have a thought about this?
I'll
add another little bit of advice here. Just use ONE wrap around the
horn, I always have the end I hold "under" the end going to the horse. That
way, there's just a bit of a grab, but I can turn it loose quickly in an
emergency. I have a dominant, just-a-bit-cranky mare that I pony from. She's
great 'cause she doesn't kick, but also won't let the ponied horse get ahead
of the saddle without a strong "ears back" reprimand that really keeps them in
line.
Kathy
GarnerT
<GarnerT@xxxxxxx>
wrote: Next time I'm going to get on my husband's Quarter Horse (we call
him Thunder Butt), put on my old western saddle, take a few dallys around
the horn & show that mare what for! That'll be another story for
another day.
