Hi Steph >Personally, if I have the space I'd rather ride out a bolt as try to >circle and stop it, but if the terrain is dangerous then you either >stop it or bail. At that point I prefer to bail! >bg<
>Horses can (and do) fall when bolting, especially if you try to turn, >or they go down steep hills. Amen, Steph. There are lots of other ways to stop horses and having had many a galloping feast - mostly on the hunt field - and a couple of times next to the Pebble Beach Golf course on drag hunts - there is no way that you could safely do any kind of one rein stop. The other aspect of the one rein stop, and I am sure like everything it depends on how and who are doing it, is that it can do physical damage to the poll, withers and pelvis of a horse. So for those of you concerned with the welfare of you horses, which I would think is everyone here, take care to think about what you are being asked to do to your horses. Robyn Icelandic Horse Farm Robyn Hood & Phil Pretty Vernon BC Canada www.icefarm.com
