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I suspect that as long as the divider is flexible and not stretched  
tight, the horse can still spread his legs to balance.  I owned a  
Brenderup for a while and it had that clear plastic divider... seemed  
to work great.
-Sharon L. in Maine


Quoting sherman <sherman@xxxxxxxxxxx>:

> "step-over metal bar" is used at some trail areas to deter motorcycles.
> There is usually a large locked drive-thru gate, then at one or both ends a
> small opening for people and horses to go thru, but it's maybe 4' wide,
> definitely wide enough for a horse, but add a saddle, rider, and fear of
> stepping over a foreign object while being squeezed thru a gate and I can
> tell you it's a recipe for disaster. One wrong move and the rider is slammed
> against the metal side posts, or the horse could get it's hind leg(s) stuck
> under the cross pipe (before they put the folded mats over the pipe).
>
> I don't know about divider material, other than I was considering using a 2'
> strip of stall matting just to make the divider a bit lower. With a straight
> load, I thought the divider shouldn't be too low, because it affects how far
> the horse can spread his legs to balance?
>
> Kathy


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