* In a message originally to Meg Alfoni, Jean Prophet said:
JP> > How tight do you tie her down?  I'm not familiar with
JP> > the use of a martingale for training Western horses.
JP> > What I've seen at shows, they usually tie them pretty
JP> > tight.
JP>     I used the running martingale on Daisy when I trained
JP> her, Meg ...... martingales are not allowed to be used in
JP> the shows. The horses learn pretty fast that if they keep
JP> their heads down in position it doesn't pull on them .....
JP> it's just a training method to teach them to set their heads
JP> in the proper position.
     We have PRACTICE SHOWS in which training equipment is allowed.  Maybe 
that's what she is referring to.
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