Attachment reins
A overcheck ( Engl. Overcheck ), but is usually at gaited horses in trotting used. An additional bit is attached to the horse's harness with the help of straps over the horse's head and - depending on the set length - causes the horse to hold the head higher.
The attachment reins were used in carriage horses in the past, as the high position of the head and the pushed-away back were beautiful. Only after attention was drawn to the cruelty to animals in the horse novel Black Beauty did he disappear in the horse-drawn carriage area.
The trotter has the possibility to this fixed teeth "to lean" without the driver to lose "to go into their own hands" during the race excessively. In addition, if the horse is already a little tired during the course of the race, the attachment reins should prevent the head-neck posture from falling forward and then galloping (jumping in).
The belt of the attachment pulls from the bit over the head of the horse (through the ears) along the mane comb to the attachment to the harness selett . The shorter the strap is set, the higher the horse's head will be.
Attachment reins bits:
- pole
- Rod with rubber
- Broken
- Henry
- Hutton
- Mullen Mouth
- Raymond
- Burch
- McKerran
- Speedway
- Crit Davis
- O'Mara
