Halfpass
Well-Known Member
..........do you tie yours up?
Mainly when / if I ever tie a horse up when travelling it isn't to save the horse if I have to break suddenly.
It is usually because the horse either bites the other horses in next to them or because the horse has a tendancy to charge out before i can get the partition across.
Have just had a convo with someone re their horse that is bad travelling and when I suggested travelling them loose this person seemes quite shocked and thought that tieing up would stop the horse falling over if they had to break sharply.
I actually think that having your horse tied up and falling over may well do more damage.
I have travelled many horses untied and find it very ineteresting to see how they move themselves to stabilise in a way they couln't if they were tied.
Thoughts on this please
Mainly when / if I ever tie a horse up when travelling it isn't to save the horse if I have to break suddenly.
It is usually because the horse either bites the other horses in next to them or because the horse has a tendancy to charge out before i can get the partition across.
Have just had a convo with someone re their horse that is bad travelling and when I suggested travelling them loose this person seemes quite shocked and thought that tieing up would stop the horse falling over if they had to break sharply.
I actually think that having your horse tied up and falling over may well do more damage.
I have travelled many horses untied and find it very ineteresting to see how they move themselves to stabilise in a way they couln't if they were tied.
Thoughts on this please
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