“Life Saver: One Rein Stop”
One Rein Stop
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“Life Saver: One Rein Stop”
Controlling your horse in dangerous situations
is one of the most important things you can learn.
Whether the horse wants to take off, buck, rear,
etc. – you MUST be able to take control of him.
A while back one frightful rider
emailed me and said,
“I grabbed both reins and pulled, and pulled
but he just went faster.”
There’s a reason for that.
Horses are built longitudinal.
They are built to move forward. With
their bodies built like they are, they can
drag and pull lots of weight.
You’ve likely seen rodeos and have seen
horses drag cows around. They are built to have
that kind of power.
Even when you are pulling on the reins
and engaging the bit! When they’re spooked
or have a sense to take off, you’re not in
control if all you do is pull the reins back.
When the horse is bolting, they’re moving
forward to get away. Pulling and tugging and
yanking on the reins typically only makes it worse.
So whaddya do?
Use the one rein stop. It pulls the horse’s
head sideways. It’s hard to run like that
(although some horses do).
It’s the emergency brake that works.
It’s a good stopper of bucking, rearing,
and bolting horses.
But you MUST do right! Trying the one rein
stop on a bolting horse at the wrong time
could cause to flip over. With you on him.
It’s kinda hard to describe how to do it
but I’ll try.
The first thing you do is get your horse
flexing from the neck in your ground work.
When he’s good at that, then do it from
the saddle…preferably using a rope halter and
lead rope.
Tie the lead rope to loop of the halter.
The lead rope is now your reins (actually…rein)
connected to the halter loop underneath the horse’s
chin. The halter now acts like a hackamore.
Next, pull the lead rope up to your shoulder,
slide your left hand down the lead rope, grab it and
pull it to your thigh just above your knee and hold
it there.
When your horse gives to that position
(you’ll see slack in the rope)
then let it go and pet him and encourage him.
Do both sides. Get your horse so used to this
that when you ask for it it’s as automatic as breathing.
Remember to do BOTH sides of the horse.
Then put him in the round pen and walk him
around. Practice pulling that head over to one side
to stop him.
You DO NOT let go until he stops moving. That
teaches him he can have his head back when he stops
moving.
Remember to do both sides.
Then work on it in a trot and canter.
It’ll take a while to get it down but it
can, does, and may save your life.
After all, it only takes one simple little thing
to set off a horse and he could suddenly explode outta
control and a one-rein stop can save your life.
Just the thought of fence posts whizzing by while
you’re on the back of an out of control horse kinda makes
you want to get good at the one rein stop…doesn’t it?
Paul Esh really describes and demonstrates
all this really well in his “One Rein Stop” DVD.
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OK – make sense? Now go out and work with your horse.
Please – do it all safely.
Charlie
Here’s a nice note I got from Julie:
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“Charlie, Thanks for all your great training tidbits!
I enjoy reading them and learn a lot to put to use with
my horses. I especially appreciate the way you are not
afraid to communicate your faith! We recently started
a home farm business and hope to do the same.
Thanks for being so generous with your knowledge and for
not being ashamed of the gospel!
In Him, Julie in NJ”
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