Reins

In equestrian sport, the rein size is the length of the reins required for a certain posture of the horse and a certain lesson . In dressage , the inclination of the bridge of the nose, which should be close to the vertical, is the criterion. In show jumping , depending on the height of the obstacles, a much longer rein measure must be allowed.

execution

If the reins are correct, the horse is “on the reins”, that is, it walks “with willful support”, gives in to the rein aids and gives the rider “the feeling of a safe and soft connection between hand and horse's mouth”. Every command and every preceding half parade, and especially the resumption of the reins after letting the reins chew out of the hand, riding a figure eight or performing the compass reduction, require a correction of the reins which can be achieved through the "follow up." the reins are regulated ". This “follow-up of the reins” is done by handing the reins from one hand to the other so that the first becomes free and can slide along the reins on the same side until the desired length is reached. Then the second hand returns the contralateral rein and the other rein can be shortened if necessary.

application

In detail, the rein measure is shortened for the following actions:

half parades before transitions from one gait to another or within a gait
whole parades
Improving self-holding and support
Prepare for each new lesson or exercise
Bend and stance of a horse
possibly when moving backwards

Because of the enormous leverage and the resulting strong impact on the horse's mouth, when "riding on a curb [...] you have to check your reins very often and carefully".

Depending on the level of training of the horse and rider, it may be sufficient to accept the reins and then to give in. But if the horse changes its posture, e.g. If, for example, he is more erect in a meeting , the reins must be shortened again: "If the horse loosens the reins by bringing his head closer to the rider's hand, he must adjust the rein length again by shortening it." Jean d'Orgeix goes even further when he says that he does not make a trot circuit in the arena without correcting the rein length about fifteen to twenty times. Correcting the reins is a continuous process for him.

It should not be forgotten in this context that the rein aids are always used secondary to weight and thigh aids : “The faulty tendency of many riders to use the rein aids too much, i.e. too much with their hands and too little with weight and leg aids must be vigorously counteracted. "

literature

Guidelines for riding and driving. Vol. 1: Basic training for rider and horse . Published by the German Equestrian Association (FNverlag), 26th edition, Warendorf 1994, ISBN 3-88542-262-X
Jean d'Orgeix, Les mains et autres non-dits de l'équitation , Paris 2006 (Edition Belin), ISBN 978-2-7011-4396-5

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Guidelines for Riding and Driving. Vol. 1: Basic training for rider and horse . Published by the German Equestrian Association (FNverlag), 26th edition, Warendorf 1994, ISBN 3-88542-262-X , p. 80
↑ ^a ^b Guidelines for Riding and Driving. Vol. 1: Basic training for rider and horse . Published by Deutsche Reiterlichen Vereinigung (FNverlag), 26th edition, Warendorf 1994, ISBN 3-88542-262-X , p. 76
↑ Guidelines for Riding and Driving. Vol. 1: Basic training for rider and horse . Published by the German Equestrian Association (FNverlag), 26th edition, Warendorf 1994, ISBN 3-88542-262-X , p. 82
↑ General Decarpentry in his Équitation académique : "Si le cheval détend les rênes en rapprochant la bouche de la main du cavalier, ce dernier doit ajuster les rênes à nouveau en les raccourcissant." Quoted in Jean d'Orgeix, Les mains et autres non-dits de l'équitation , Paris 2006 (Edition Belin), ISBN 978-2-7011-4396-5 , p. 48
↑ Je "n'envisagerais pas de faire au petit trot le tour d'un manège ou d'une carrière ( un seul tour) sans changer la longueur de mes rênes entre 15 a 20 fois!" (Jean d'Orgeix, Les mains et autres non-dits de l'équitation , Paris 2006 (Edition Belin), ISBN 978-2-7011-4396-5 , p. 57)
↑ Le "réglage permanent des rênes s'effectue sans arrêt, extreme vite, instinctivement, sans même y penser." (Jean d'Orgeix, Les mains et autres non-dits de l'équitation , Paris 2006 (Edition Belin), ISBN 978-2-7011-4396-5 , p. 58)

[S.80-1] Guidelines for Riding and Driving. Vol. 1: Basic training for rider and horse . Published by the German Equestrian Association (FNverlag), 26th edition, Warendorf 1994, ISBN 3-88542-262-X , p. 80

[S.76-2] Guidelines for Riding and Driving. Vol. 1: Basic training for rider and horse . Published by Deutsche Reiterlichen Vereinigung (FNverlag), 26th edition, Warendorf 1994, ISBN 3-88542-262-X , p. 76

[3] Guidelines for Riding and Driving. Vol. 1: Basic training for rider and horse . Published by the German Equestrian Association (FNverlag), 26th edition, Warendorf 1994, ISBN 3-88542-262-X , p. 82

[4] General Decarpentry in his Équitation académique : "Si le cheval détend les rênes en rapprochant la bouche de la main du cavalier, ce dernier doit ajuster les rênes à nouveau en les raccourcissant." Quoted in Jean d'Orgeix, Les mains et autres non-dits de l'équitation , Paris 2006 (Edition Belin), ISBN 978-2-7011-4396-5 , p. 48

[5] Je "n'envisagerais pas de faire au petit trot le tour d'un manège ou d'une carrière ( un seul tour) sans changer la longueur de mes rênes entre 15 a 20 fois!" (Jean d'Orgeix, Les mains et autres non-dits de l'équitation , Paris 2006 (Edition Belin), ISBN 978-2-7011-4396-5 , p. 57)

[6] Le "réglage permanent des rênes s'effectue sans arrêt, extreme vite, instinctivement, sans même y penser." (Jean d'Orgeix, Les mains et autres non-dits de l'équitation , Paris 2006 (Edition Belin), ISBN 978-2-7011-4396-5 , p. 58)