RE: [RC] Bit to S-Hack - WAS bitless bridle - Carrie - ElizabethWalker - Ranelle Rubin
Carrie,
I have used S-hacks off an on for many years. My big horse Fellow (who tends to be heavy on the forehand) ran right through it at rides, and tended to be hard to get in frame with it. Collection is very easy now with the L2-3 correctional port bit from Myler that I use now. He is a dream to ride, even at the start..and he definitely has race brain at the start of a ride!
Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway. ~ John Wayne
> Subject: Re: [RC] Bit to S-Hack - WAS bitless bridle - Carrie - Elizabeth Walker > Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:37:24 -0800 > From: carrie.kitley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Thanks, Elizabeth - I have heard that before. My mare also has race > brain and I'm glad you mentioned this S-hack doesn't appear to work that > well in this case. I'm curious, what bit were you using that was > pinching his tongue? What did you end up using for the 'race-brain' > rides then? > Carrie > > I think the only way you will know is to try. I tried Caisson in an S- > hack after Tejon 2007 -- the bit I was using pinched the sides of his > tongue against his teeth, and I needed something different. The S- hack > worked (mostly) in training rides, but in an actual ride is different. > He bolted with it 4 times during the Bar-H ride, and I decided that it > just wasn't going to work for him. :) In a low- stress situation, it > works fine - but then anything works fine with him in a low stress > situation. Once his race-brain kicks in, its a whole different ballgame. > > > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > 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!! > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
