Description
Clinton’s Trick Reins are 8-foot loop reins that are made out of high-quality marine yachting rope. The reins are durable, soft in your hands, and they do not get slippery if they get wet.
The 8-foot length of the reins offers just the right amount of slack for teaching your horse tricks. Reins that are longer create too much slack, which makes it difficult to manage the reins.
During the teaching stage of training your horse to do tricks, you’ll need to use both a lead rope and the Trick Bridle to encourage the horse to lie down or bow. It’s helpful if the lead rope and the reins are in different colors so that you don’t get confused about which one to cue the horse with.
Slobber straps attach the reins to the bit and act like a hinge. Because of the weight of the leather, slobber straps give the horse a pre-signal that you’re about to make contact with the bit and they release quickly to give the horse an instant reward when he does the right thing.
Our slobber straps are made out of premium leather and are designed to stay strong and supple through heavy use.
Clinton uses a snaffle bit on all his horses, and recommends riding in a snaffle bit when performing the exercises from the Method. Snaffle bits encourage lateral flexion, and lateral flexion is the key to vertical flexion. In other words, the softer you can get your horse from side to side, the softer he’ll be when you pick up on two reins and ask him to give to the bit vertically.
Clinton’s Snaffle Bit is a combination of a D- and O-ring and has a 5-inch mouthpiece that’s 3/8″ thick with 3-inch rings. Because of its design, it will not pinch the corners of the horse’s mouth like many other snaffle bits do. The bit is made of sweet iron, which encourages the horse to salivate. This keeps your horse’s mouth soft and more responsive to your rein cues during training sessions.