[drivingpairs] Re: Coupling Rein Attachment and Loose Coupling Reins
- From: noel jones <gedeckt@xxxxxxxx>
- To: drivingpairs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 19:32:26 -0500
I have seen a pair with all kinds of problems, and then someone else
takes up the lines and things get straightened out.
At Sleipnir Morgan Farm and Driving Center we teach contact using
tricycles and reins and a rein board or wooden chairs balanced.
Especially fun with the chairs...when set up for four!
noel
On Nov 20, 2006, at 7:27 PM, Hzlax@xxxxxxx wrote:
>
>
>
> In a message dated 11/19/2006 11:03:34 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
>>
>> I am driving a green pair and I have noticed that the coupling reins
>> seem to
>>
>> be a little loose and one pony seems to wander over to the pole a
>> lot. Is
>> that because they are too loose?
>> Any suggestions. Thanks.
>>
> I can't asess it from here as I don't know how your reins are
> adjusted. Read
> a good book on pair rein adjustment - like The Art of Driving by Max
> Pape -
> and adjust your reins accordingly. I am not sure what you mean by
> "seems to
> wander over to the pole a lot" but that certainly can't be because of
> a lose
> coupling rein, quite the opposite, if he keeps his head over the pole,
> of course
> his coupling rein would then be lose. So you need to drive them
> forward and into
> the bit and have some contact.
> Hardy
>
>
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