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Re Your Post on Fjord Digest - # 193 "Team Hitch Observation" Ron thanks for the questions on my Hitch. So let me explain ---- What appears in that photo to be a check rein is a Clinton Anderson halter, (you know thin ropes with the be- nice knots over the nose) With these I insist that my Fjords behave and they get accustomed to behaving. I use these halters under the bridle (during practice or a clinic, not a show) and they are not shown well in that picture. I do not use check reins. My Fjords don't need them. Again, it is because they are accustomed to behaving well. The pole in the photo is hooked in a bolt-on manner described in Lynn Miller's Workhorse Handbook, page 179. It is also is described in Steve Bower's book Farming With Horses, page 63. You have been around my hitch a number of times and never given me this criticism. You should come by my ranch someday and I will let you drive my 8 horse Fjord hitch. It could be super exciting. Maybe bring your nitro tablets. Warren Riddle in Spokane
