orangetails
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Jay, Lilly and Tangle
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Post by orangetails on Jan 21, 2013 15:59:08 GMT 1
Yep - but can be tricky if your horses takes fright of the sheet whilst being ridden in the sheet, because wherever they go the sheet follows them! I have seen it lead to absolutely blind panic bolting on more than one occasion (another reason I like the Horseware ones as a, the fit well and don't flap much anyway and b, if the horse is scared they're dead easy to quickly remove, whereas I taught a lesson once with a pony, who had been ridden in a sheet before, but on a windy day had a real panic about it, the rider (a novice-ish 12yo) panicked and gripped up, the pony bogged off, and even though I stopped it and got the rider off safely and the exercise sheet removed, because it was an under-saddle one that took a bit of time to safely remove in windy conditions the pony was really quite uppity for a while, and the kid never quite got it relaxed again that session because they were both still feeding off each other!) Sometimes you just can't tell that they are going to take fright (and randomly my arab who is ridiculous with flappy things, especially rugs but also any kind of paper - tried holding a dressage test to check it once and nearly got ditched - or plastic, is absolutely fine with her exercise sheets, contrary mare! Yet the native pony who is normally sensible and not spooky took umbridge to hers!)
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