Carl Hester 'fantastic elastic' reins. Leather on one side, rubber on the other. Brown, full size. Excellent condition.
Does your horse pull and lean against your hand?
Do you find it difficult to keep a consistent contact on the reins?
Do you want a softer contact with your horse?
Are you sure you use the correct amount of rein tension?
The Carl Hester Fantastic Elastic Training Reins help solve all of these issues. I use a pair of them with my dressage horse and find that it really helps to relax her jaw.
Even when I think I'm riding with the right amount of contact through the rein, the Carl Hester Training Rein has been known to prove me wrong! A couple of sessions using them and I'm back on track again with regular reins.
How do Carl Hester Training Reins work?
The reins have an elastic insert that activates when you take up rein contact. When you're riding, the tension in the elastic should never pull to 100%. If it does, you have too strong a contact.
At 100% tension, you can feel the loss of elasticity as the tension transfers fully through to the leather rein. Your aim is to be consistently riding with the “elastic" feel that the Carl Hester Training Reins give you. When you can do that, transfer back to regular reins. You should then feel the improvement as your hands remain soft in the contact and you seek that same feeling.
Your horse will thank you for it!
