On 1/30/07, Wanda Lauscher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What is going on in these pics? Is this a baby being trained, and > what sort of tie down are they using on him/her?
That's a new gadget getting popular, they have a use for riding version and a longeing version. It is a sort of draw rein thing, kind of vienna longeing reins, not real sure how to define it. This one appears to be homemade instead of the one being sold in the catalogs. It's a double longe line that goes through the bit and hooks to the girth. Some have pulleys that hook onto the bit, then go to the girth, some have a pulley at the chest and for a Y to the bit, then go to the riders hands. It is thought that you can help the horse reach for the bit with this set up, but I just don't buy it. There's a few dressage trainers that promote it on another board I'm on, and IMHO their horses are behidn the vertical and strung out, much the way this pony is towards the end of the session. > Can someone explain to me the importance of working on a baby's headset??? I don't see where this would be really advantagous for headset work, there's much better (yeah, right) gadgets to set the head than this little set up. Steph -- "Brutality begins where skill ends." "Correctly understood, work at the lunge line is indispensable for rider and horse from the very beginning through the highest levels." Von Niendorff
