Stallion ring - anyone used one?

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Has anyone ever used a stallion ring? My horse has just finished the second week of box rest for a suspensory injury and the vets due out on Monday to re-scan and hopefully he can then get turned out in the paddock. The vet asked me to walk him twice a day for 15 mins a time and then handgraze him once a day for 15 mins (horse suffers from mild colicy bouts so vet says grass going through him is good idea). I've been religously following the vets instructions and Bailey has been really good but over the last couple of days Bailey (17.1hh WB) has been getting a little bit over exhuberant and last night reared up to full height in front of me. Luckily I had my hat on (decided it might be a good idea the day before) and he had on his bridle so I was able to control him but it really shook me up.

My friend lent me her stallion ring last night and we had a trial walk in it, and it seemed quite good. Here is a photo of one (first picture). My IT dept have blocked me from doing the link of the actual image as they have deemed it 'adult material'!!! HAHA.

http://www.google.co.uk/images?hl=en&source=hp&biw=&bih=&q=stallion+ring&oi=image_result_group&sa=X

How did your horse get on with wearing one of these gadgets?
 
Oh my ears and whiskers, who knew such things existed *blushes vigourously*

What do you actually mean? maybe you should draw it in paint and show us lol

Eta - this is a chifney btw

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Do you mean one of these?

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Yes, always. Ive used one for about 5 years and bought mine on eBay. Its called a "stephens controller halter". Dont go for the cheaper ones made by Mikmar BTW. They are rubbish. I read a post on here about them and wouldnt buy one even though they are alot cheaper.
 
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:eek: :D

Yes I have used one for a connie stallion (the stephens halter phantomhorse mentioned, NOT the other thing!!)

And I think your IT department was right!
 
As the owner of this headcollar you borrowed Applecart, I would like you to tell me what sort of pornography equipment you are posting on a public forum. Tut tut what will the neighbours say

Ha ha :)
 
I was in a livery yard that had one for use in those sort of circumstances, horses on box rest being walked out or brought out for grass, a very strong badly mannered cob being led in and out .

They called it a Goresbridge noseband .

It wouldn't be used often just to save someone who might be in danger of injury when dealing with an extreme situation .

It only comes into play when the horse forgets his manners and any horse I have seen it on has remembered his manners very quickly when wearing it. The bolshy cob might need to have a few days of wearing it a couple of times a year.
I think I would prefer it to a rope halter because it doesn't close around the muzzle but bumps the horse on the nose when he pushes forward into it. The horse can take the pressure off himself instantaneously once he learns how it works .
 
I hate chifneys!! My neighbour seems to think one is needed on her very calm warmblood I see him every morning with it on tied to the trailer ooh it makes my blood boil!! She never could control him just because he's very big x
 
Dammit I missed the naughty link!! Chifneys are great pieces of kit if used properly. In the wrong hands they can do awful damage.. as can any bit I suppose. We used them when leading all the stallions at a stud I used to work at.
 
The link just shows a bunch of pictures of pretty horses. I wonder if my flatmates have a porn blocker set up on our connection. :rolleyes:
 
Caol Ila said:
The link just shows a bunch of pictures of pretty horses. I wonder if my flatmates have a porn blocker set up on our connection. :rolleyes:
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Capriole said:
Caol Ila theres nothing untowards on my search either, can only imagine what everyone else is seeing :D
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It's an old thread but from what I remember it was a cage type 'device' for human 'stallions' :rolleyes: :D
 
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