Horse running off when being brought in

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I'm asking this on behalf of my friend. A year or do ago before I moved onto the yard my friend had another livery bring her horse in on a night (she put both out in a morning) my freind found out that the livery wasn't leading her horse back to the stable she was just letting her out the field and the horse was cantering back to it's stable. Since then every so often her horse decides it isn't going to walk back and makes a break for it. She's started doing it nearly everytime she brings her in. What's the best way to deal with it?
 
I'd either take a sliphead with me and pop it over the headcollar, and lead off the bit (a chifney maybe if she rears to get away?), or clip the rope to a short length of chain on her headcollar and wrap that over her nose and give it a hard tug at the first sign of her wanting to pull away. I also find that leading with a short stick in my hand helps, so if the horse starts to get bargy, a sharp slap across the chest reminds her who's in charge.
 
Why has everyone gone straight for heavy duty hardware? Its really really easy to clicker train them out of this habit. I've done it with mine.
 
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Safer than a chiffney is using two people to lead, two ropes attached to the head collar, one to each side. Might be worth trying for a few days to re-establish the ground rules

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Hm, not sure about this one if the horse has already learnt to take off in a straight line it will easily drag 2 people with it, I have witnessed this before - not pleasant.

You need to be able to turn its head to stop.
Pref before it starts.
 
If you buy one of the Eskadron headcollars, don't tie up with it. Mine had his on for the vet, I was holding him, talking to the vet and he got it caught and ripped the chain clean off. I wasn't even attached to the chain but it got caught.
A friend tied his colt up in his and he pulled back and broke his, the chain does come apart on the big links. Useful in that you can mend it, not so when you have a colt running round loose!
 
Normal headcollar and Leadrope with chain attached, put chain over nose when misbehaves, no need for a bit yank, just a firm, confident manner. Make sure your breathing is even and walk quite fast, so you have to take deep breaths while looking straight ahead.
My big TB is like a lamb with this - just the weight of the chain alone is now enough for the most perfect manners ever.

Can't find one exactly like mine but this is simlilar

http://www.saddlery.biz/pp/Horse_Halters...ned_Handle.html
 
I has a similar problem with mine at my old yard - except he had no excuse apart from being a git to lead! I used a chifney so he couldn't get away and if I put it on he wouldn't even try. We also did a bit of groundwork to remind him of his manners. I still have the chifney handy but I generally only have to use it for loading these days.
 
My big mare does this when she doesnt want to go where i want her to, be it in from the field, out to the field, to the trailer.
I got my instructor to do leading lessons with us, she is lead everwhere now in a bridle with pelham and lunge line, she will still try it on even in this combination but she has not managed to get away and the frequency of the naughtiness it less and less often. She still has her moments tho!!
 
another vote for the chiffney, if my chap is the last one in or the last to go out he becomes strong and will attempt to take off in a normal headcollar. with a chiffney it just gives you a bit of extra control, a lttle bit of gentle give and take is all he needs enough to respect it and lead to and from the field obediently
 
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