Hi there, my suggestion from the Swedish Moose country: - first of all losen up the poole straps a bit so the horses don=B4t = feel to tighten up. - With new, young or inexpereinced horses always give them air "hole" 8 = or 9. -Start with hole 8 on Flygill and hole 10 on Mosa. That means Mose gets more air and you can get hold of the other one = easier. Test and try Regards Gittan -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- Fr=E5n: Stephanie Sher [mailto:ssher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Skickat: den 6 oktober 2003 15:51 Till: drivingpairs =C4mne: [drivingpairs] adjusting reins We've been driving with the new pair reins (thank you Hardy) for several = weeks=20 now. Before that we were using Hungarian-style reins. I've started = with the=20 reins in the "6" position for both. The carriage has a crab end pole = and one of=20 the pair (Mosa) is bigger and more willing than the gelding (Flygill). = What I'm=20 seeing is that, regardless of which side I have the horses on, Mosa is = pulling=20 away from the pole and carries her head away from the pole. Flygill, on = the=20 other hand is pressing against the pole and is carrying his head toward = the=20 pole. Now obviously this is shrieking some message, but I, novice that = I am, am=20 not able to translate it. How about an interpretation, oh you Wizards = of the Whip? Stephanie Blasted Rock Farm _________________________________________________________ To Unsubscribe, change to Digest or Vacation mode go to:=20 http://www.drivingpairs.com/dpmem.html ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` _________________________________________________________ To Unsubscribe, change to Digest or Vacation mode go to: http://www.drivingpairs.com/dpmem.html `````````````````````````````````````````````````````````