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From: [email protected] (Steve L. Moseley)
Subject: Re: neck reining -was- Countersteering_FAQ please post
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In article <[email protected]>
[email protected] (Ed Green - Pixel Cruncher) writes:
>Basically, there are two ways to steer a horse, plow-rein and
>neck-rein. Plow-reining steers him by keeping the reins separate, and
>you pull in the direction you wish to go. Neck-reining steers a horse
>by holding the reins together in one hand, and pulling against the
>horse's neck in the direction you wish to go. When training a
>plow-steering horse to neck-rein, one technique is to cross the reins
>under his necks. Thus, when neck-reining to the left, the right rein
>pulls against the right side of the neck, but the left side of the bit
>(which the horse is used to from his plow-reining days).
I learned when riding bareback as a kid to "palm-reign", by just
pushing on the right side of the horse's neck with your right palm to turn
left - a lot like countersteering. So that came pretty easy to me in the
transition to motorcycles. It took a while however to break my habit of
kicking the rear fender with my heels to go faster.
Steve
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