Dana,
On Feb 11, 2006, at 9:43 AM, cdeponyz wrote:
Let's not forget the end goal of this rein handling : your rein aids need to be clear to the horses/ponies !
One of the advantages of Achenbach handling is that it makes reins adjusting smoother and easier (after LOTS of practice !) and if all reins are even in your left hand to start out with, you will be less tempted to fiddle
by fixing horses from front to back to make them straight and round, rather think about driving them forward into the straightness.
When I start getting a "tired brain" concentrating on keeping my left hand organized, and remembering which rein goes where, I think of the story John Parker (UK driver, coachman extraordinare) told us at CAA in Williamsburg in 2000. He was taught to drive 4 with a handkercheif over his hands, so he couldn't look at his hand or reins. . . when I get mixed up, I just pretend the handkerchief is over my hand and focus on remembering !
Dana Bright
The snow is coming this way, maybe this Sunday will be Tandem Sleigh Day !
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