Thank you Hardy, I knew you would have an answer for me! Peach York Oroville, Calif. ----- Original Message ----- From: <Hzlax@xxxxxxx> To: <drivingpairs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 6:28 PM Subject: [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 > > > _________________________________________________________ > To Unsubscribe, change to Digest or Vacation mode go to: > http://www.drivingpairs.com/index.php?pg=2 > ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` > _________________________________________________________ To Unsubscribe, change to Digest or Vacation mode go to: http://www.drivingpairs.com/index.php?pg=2 `````````````````````````````````````````````````````````