[drivingpairs] Re: Why Achenbach/"coachman style"?

Your horses necks are working against a constant through the breastplate or harness.

With the reins you are providing constant support through their mouths, lessing and increasing to direct them.

Driving two handed you inject an element of inconstancy between the hands, lessing your control over the precision of your direction of the horses.

Think of the reins and traces as puppet strings. The puppet conveys the most human movements when some strings are still and others move. It's a ballet.

Working at a rein board and sitting still on a bench you can create the same effect as Achenbach driving two handed.

Riding on the carriage, your body moves so much you cannot drive with the precision two handed as you can Achenbach.

Years ago Udo from Canada explained that he trained his horses by driving up to a Y in the road. If they started left, he would turn them right. If they would arrive at the Y and go right, he'd send them left. Eventually when they got to the Y they waited for him to tell them which way to go.

A simple Achenbach rein action would then be appropriate.

But then, I couldl be wrong.

noel jones, aago
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