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Who knows what the one rein stop is2007-11-24 21:22:58

I learned it was called "pulley rein", though.

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bless you mulereiner, I never knew the term for this although I use it in hot green horses that try and do their own thing all the time. I always called it spinning (as in you spin the head around and hope to God the body follows) which of course applies more to stationary bikes than horses...

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I was taught this as a kid, in another century. I then taught it to my cousin who had a horse who loved to run away with her. She hugged me and kissed me as this horse was driving her crazy and she didn't want to sell it, she wanted to enjoy it more. I never knew it had a name, I have always taught it without calling it anything except an emergency stop for a runaway. Just reach down with one hand take hold of the onside rein closer to the head. Bring the horse's head around to the side. He has to follow it and the circle will untrack him. Never used fancy words, just showed how to do it.

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This saved my life on a runaway ex race horse. I shouldn't have ever been on that horse to begin with ( I was new to riding) but after running across an 80 acre field and heading towards trees with no stirrups I remembered One rein stop!