[drivingpairs] without blinders



In a message dated 11/28/2006 11:05:59 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> 
> Reviewing a back issue of Equus magazine and a story about fire horses (Sept 
> 2006) I noticed that all the horses pictured were in open bridles.
> Can I have some comments from the members?
Fire horses were draft horses - and many draft horses were driven in open 
bridles. No problem with them - as drafthorses are also driven with the whip in 
the socket. But don't drive carriage horses with open bridles, as carriage 
horses need the whip as an aid, and you don't want the horses to anticipate 
when 
and where the whip is going to touch them, nor which horse in pairs or 
multiples. Most pairs of carriage horses  will start going crooked after a 
while when 
driven in open bridles, as they start looking back towards the whip. 
Hardy


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