Cheap alternative to Fantastic Elastic reins?

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Everyone seems to be on about them at the moment! And I do think they're a great idea, and think they would be great for Danny - however can't warrant spending nearly £70 on a pair of reins, especially ones that will only be used short term!
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I'm sure I've seen somewhere, Robinsons maybe? like elastic insert things that hook onto your reins to do the equivalent, anybody know what I mean or am I making things up?
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Would like an alternative that will cost under £20 if anyone can recommend anything??


Thanks,
Sol x.
 
I bought a pair of leather reins with elastic inserts from ebay and the make was FSS. Cant remember the ebay seller but know they sell alot on there so maybe do a search. They were used everyday for 2 years and only threw them in the bin yesterday as elastic had stretched a bit. I paid £27 and they were a bargain. Leather great and not a cheap pants pair.
Good luck and if I can find out who the seller was will re post.
 
''They are used by riders who are unable to have an elastic, living contact coming from the feel in their hands and relaxation. Those whose hands are not independent of the horse's movements, and thus the rider's own seat.

What they will not help in the long run, is the problem itself. If you use these inserts, they will do the elasticity for you, and you will only reinforce by habit that a tense grip on the reins is OK, and the subsequent bobbing of the hands is OK, since the rein-aids soften it before it reaches the mouth. You will never learn to feel the soft chewing of the horse being on the bit''

i got this from sustainabledressage.com
hope you find it helpfull - use what you like but its always worth reading around!
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Have read it before - but while wearing 2 pairs of gloves, with an extremely iffy hand (after horse ran backwards into me) & also just having dodgy fingers to begin with, sometimes a little help saves me a lot of agony & despair
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Like I said - it's a SHORT TERM thing (hence not wanting to spend a small fortune) I don't have awful hands anyway, as because of all the damage my hands seem to suffer, I am very light handed - I just tend to often go the way of being /too/ light handed!

May be a little hard to explain but I think I know what I'm thinking and it's worth a try
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If it doesn't work, my theory is I wont have spent too much, could have a handy piece of kit for the future, and I'm not going to be doing anything too detrimental to the horse!
 
They are a waste of money - teach the horse to lean and don't do anything for the riders hands.
Would far rather spend the money on lessons. Learning to keep hands still is all about getting the seat and balance correct and the body relaxed. Improving core strength will help far more.
 
I took a pair of normal rubber grip reins to my saddler and asked her to put elastic inserts in! Cost me £7.50 and I got to decide the length and elasticity of the insert to! Bargain!
 
You do all realise that this post is months old, don't you? :p

They were to teach the horse, and not myself (I've been told by more than one instructor that I have infact got rather good hands, and a good seat, and a good leg position... :confused: :o) who has a tendancy to be very inconsistent in the contact.
In the end, I didn't buy any (couldn't be bothered finding the money!) and yes, he is much better now - without any extra lessons ;)
However, if I ever found a pair for £5 I wouldn't say no to trying them still!

Thanks for the replies any way :)
 
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