How do you inhand lead your horse for a hack

LadyLuck1977 said:
I took my unbacked 3yr old out walking everywhere, we met bikes, lorries and allsorts of scary things.Once backed she was great to ride out didnt bat an eyelid at anything. All this year to build up after serious injury vet advised walking in hand
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I can't wait to do this!!!!! Just got to head a headcollar on the B****r yet lol X
 
Always in a bridle, with reins over the head. The horse should also be on your left, with the handler nearest the traffic.
 
I use it because if they play up then I have plenty of lead - the speed they can whip away from you and the distance they can cover means that I can hang on!

I usually lead out my youngsters so am prepared for all eventualities
 
Tnavas said:
I use it because if they play up then I have plenty of lead - the speed they can whip away from you and the distance they can cover means that I can hang on!

I usually lead out my youngsters so am prepared for all eventualities
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And is this on the roads, or private land etc.?
 
Generally bridle and leadrope with a coupling. Will lead out in a headcollar depending on where we are going/mood/size of horse etc.

I personally don't like leading with a lunge line as I always seem to get wrapped up in the wretched thing and I'm always worried that if they do get away from me, they've got 30ft of line trailing behind them which can get snagged.

Have used a Chifney on occasion for strong, bolshy horses but I generally don't like leading with them either having heard/seen the damage they can do if the horse does get away from you and then stands on the leadrope = bye bye mouth!
 
I take my 3yo on inhand walks.
He wears a bridle with a lunge line going through one bit ring, up and over his poll and clipped on the other bit ring,
We walk down the bridlepath and sometimes along the main road
 
I take my just 3 year old out in a bridle but leading from a headcollar underneath so she gets used to the bit without me needing to touch her mouth if she has a moment!

Use a long leadrope rather than a lunge line as it's easier to manage
 
Depends on the horse and place for me. Young but sensible 3 yo went around the forest with me in his usual headcollar (a dually) and leadrope, but I have lead him from another in a rope halter and 12ft rope (would prefer that to a lead rope or lunge line as longer than lead rope to keep hold if he spooked, and rope heavier therefore easier to handle and not as long as a lunge line.

Horse just off box rest or excitable, on goes a bridle. Although not, as I discovered when working at a stud and a colleague did, I repeat NOT the in-hand bridle you use on the stallion when he is covering! :D
 
When I'm preparing my horse to come back into work to begin to build his fitness before he has a rider on board again and also to boost his confidence and build his trust...

On the roads so i use a bridle with a long leadrope on a coupling to the bit rings and I lead from the off-side so i can see the traffic.
 
I lead my two year old in a headcollar and lunge line, the three year old either wears the same or a saddle, bridle with loose side reins and a lunge line with coupling. I use the lunge line in case they whip round, the 3yr old never has but the 2yr old has been known to do some big bucks and spins when going through the woods and with the lunge I know he's not going to get away from me!
 
Well I lead her out on my left with left rein fed through the bit rings, so both reins on my side, was uneventful with a couple speedy cars.... I wore my hat, gloves and took a whip, was fine, had good control over her in the woods when she wanted to gallop!

I don't use a lunge because I find you have no control if they get too long, leadrope much better for me or reins X
 
With my horse, because she's a baby and still getting used to her bit, she has her bridle on, with a lunge line fed through one ring, over her head and clicked to the other ring. Then I put her head collar on over the top, with a lead rope attached to it.

This way, i can use her bit for control, and she can walk ahead of me etc (see photos) which is good for her as she's learning to be confident ahead of me :) but if she really panicked, I still then have the headcollar and lead rope which she's used to to get her back under control. That's the theory, anyway!

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I long rein him with the reins set up as running reins instead as he's got away from me in a bridle before- on his back legs I can't reach the reins without being under him or in the air :o
The colt goes out in his bridle and lunge line, but any of the others would be fine in a headcollar :)
 
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