side reins

Short side reins should not be used for long periods of time.

Solid side reins are usually used for more advanced horses.

Side reins should never be so short that the horse's head is pulled behind the vertical.

In the trot I hook up the side reins, loose first.

Side reins are not used for jumping, as they restrict the use of the neck too much, and may even cause the horse to fall.

Side reins are only for work in the trot and canter.

The horse also wears a bridle with side reins.

Elasticized side reins are often used with training young horses prior to being ridden.

Plain leather side reins and lead rein with chain.

Some variations use pulleys and leverage on side reins to create a given "headset."

Many surcingle designs allow the side reins to be attached at several different heights along the sides of the horse.

Horse pokes nose skywards; side reins are too long.

A horse should always be warmed up and cooled down without the side reins, allowed to stretch long and low.

Correctly fitted stretchy or elasticised side reins help with the head carriage.

Working a horse in side reins at the walk actually discourages a relaxed, forward-moving gait.

However, the surcingle and side reins are used as safety tools in the sport of equestrian vaulting.

I am simply sounding the warning that side reins damage the mouths of young, green, inexperienced and newly broken in horses.

I start my spring horses on the lunge line, in side reins for several weeks before I actually ride them after several months off.

As the horse becomes more advanced and more physically developed, the side reins may be shortened so the head is nearly vertical to the ground.

When the side reins are first applied during a workout, they should be adjusted long and gradually shortened as the horse warms up into them.

Side reins are equipment used when longeing a horse, running from the bit of the bridle to the saddle or surcingle.

Side reins should not pull the horse in-they do NOT create collection.

While a surcingle and side reins are considered classical training tools, the use of the full bitting rig is controversial in some circles.

I use a snaffle bit, cavesson noseband, and a surcingle or saddle to work with the side reins.

Side reins are adjusted so they are the same length on either side, or slightly shorter on the inside.