6/ JULY 2023 THE RIDER MY SPIN: Ingenuity Have you got a bit that you


know is ingenious and will cut your learning time substantially? What other that things can you do will help? Why not? I did a quick search on the in-


ternet and there are tons of articles where trainers have used ingenious ways to train horses. It’s every- where. The great thing about learning


and practicing this skill outside of the horse ring will also help inside the horse ring. Enjoy! It sure has helped me! So I


Ingenuity Using a Tractor By Susan Dahl.


Ingenuity in-ge-nu-i-ty: def’n noun the quality of being clever, original, and inventive.


Ex. “considerable ingenuity can be used to solve problems like training horses and moving mats”.


Ingenuity Allowed Me to Get The Job Done: I was selling some heavy stall


mats on Facebook Marketplace and I wanted to take them outside and


power wash them. The problem was that I couldn’t get them outside on my own. At 62, I tried to drag them outside but it wasn’t going to be pretty. I’ve avoided doing this for years as they were just too heavy to move. So I figured out that if I


wrapped my tow strap around the mat and twist the ends, I could pull the mat outside with my lawn trac- tor. Gosh, I’ve used that tractor for so many things like this. My friend Eleanor uses clamps to attach to the mat and pull it around.


Ingenuity with Horses: Ingenuity can be used in the


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horse world for so many things, like training.


Once I had removed the mats


hope you’re encouraged to do the same.


Have a great summer! Putting my spin on in-ge-nu-i-ty.


Reinersue @KISS Reiners


Ingenious bit for training.


from the barn floor, I noticed my Myler 3-ring combo bit that I’ve used for training, trail riding, colt starting, and ease. Sometimes I just want to put a good bit in my horse’s mouth and focus on other things.


Ingenuity will give you a compet- itive edge:


About Susan Dahl Susan Dahl, ORHA/NRHA past multiple champion, writer, blogger, author and clinician, retired certi- fied professional horse trainer. Owner of Foundation Reining Training Centre in Durham, ON. She specializes in effective horse- manship, and reining. For more in- formation on her services: judging, clinics or resale horses, please con- tact her on facebook, her website: www.reinersuehorseman ship.com or reinersue@hotmail.com


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