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athletic ability, we managed to make up for this miscom- munication 95 percent of the time.” Despite those challenges, Chris remains convinced


the hackamore was the right setup for Chocolate. “The biggest benefit I got from the hackamore was coopera- tion with my horse. She had lots of opinions about things and didn’t want to be totally under your thumb. In the hackamore, she felt free enough to go her own way and yet it still managed to provide me with enough control in some critical moments. I believe had I tried to go the tradi- tional route and ride her in a bit, our performances would not have been nearly as strong and she never would have really come on my side as a teammate. With Chocolate, the hackamore was the easiest way for me to cut a deal and gain her cooperation and trust. Her history had clearly shown she went best in this equipment and I felt it would be silly to try and reinvent the wheel,” he concludes. “I settled on riding her in a pretty basic ‘pony’ hack-


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amore, with a short shank and a curb chain that we wrapped up to soften the effect. The hardest part was finding one that matched the color of her bridle,” he says when asked about Chocolate’s particular equipment. Riding in the hackamore has been a good experience


for Chris. “So far I haven’t had another horse that has gone as well as she did in a hackamore, but I always have it in the back of my mind when thinking about what equip- ment might suit a particular horse.” Chris’s parting advice for anyone considering a hack-


amore is that it can be very severe if used incorrectly. “In particular, the placement of the nose piece is quite important,” he says. “It really bothers me when I see hack- amores sitting really low on the bridge of the horse’s nose—it just cannot be comfortable!”


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There are many versions of hackamores available on the market. Pictured here is one made by Stub- ben. “Most hackamores are sewn together while lying flat, but ours are sewn on a hoop allowing the caves- son to lay flat across the bridge of the nose offering the best comfort for that sensitive area,” reports Stub- ben’s Russ Tippett. The other thing to watch for is the action of the cheek pieces. “When the rider puts rein pressure on the hackamore, often the side cheek pieces of the bridle will rub the horse’s eye, or come close to it. Stubben’s version takes care of that with the slot on each steel side plate allowing the bridle cheek piece to remain in correct position in order to not interfere with the eye,” he adds.


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