Roxylola
Well-Known Member
I'm team chasing this weekend and Charlie can get a bit heavy and obnoxious down the rein in fast jumping company. It will only be the first few fences and I can mostly deal with it but rather than argue it out I was going to pop his running gag in - used successfully to correct this issue when it was a thing all the time with jumping.
I would rather have it on 2 reins as I don't think I'll need the "gag" rein that much once he's settled. On the off chance I lose my knitting I was thinking I might put a flash strap through one or both of the Ds on my saddle and just loop it through the bottom rein so if I get tangled I can drop it without panicking that it's going to disappear/trip him up/insert other overthinking nightmare fodder as appropriate.
I can and do ride on 2 reins - our dressage lessons are in a double bridle so I'm not a total doofus, but just for jumping at a pace in a group I thought a safety net might help. I can't think of any reason not to do it from a safety point of view. It might make it slightly harder for me to recover my reins if I do drop them but I'll live with that
I would rather have it on 2 reins as I don't think I'll need the "gag" rein that much once he's settled. On the off chance I lose my knitting I was thinking I might put a flash strap through one or both of the Ds on my saddle and just loop it through the bottom rein so if I get tangled I can drop it without panicking that it's going to disappear/trip him up/insert other overthinking nightmare fodder as appropriate.
I can and do ride on 2 reins - our dressage lessons are in a double bridle so I'm not a total doofus, but just for jumping at a pace in a group I thought a safety net might help. I can't think of any reason not to do it from a safety point of view. It might make it slightly harder for me to recover my reins if I do drop them but I'll live with that