Shires Fleece Lined Lunge Cavesson - Black

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However, a cavesson that lays on the ground or is simply put the head of the horse won’t influence the horse. TIP: Working a horse on the lunge is more intense than riding, so don’t overdo it. Five to 10 minutes equally on each rein with plenty of walk breaks is sufficient for a lunge session. As your horse’s fitness improves, you can increase the time. What to look out for This wrong development can be solved by using the cavesson. 3. What Kind Of Cavesson Is Used When Doing ST?

Well, the cavesson has been used for centuries to train horses and many riding masters wrote about the cavesson in their books: This heavy horse lunge cavesson is designed to give your heavy horse a more subtle communication whilst you lunge without placing any pressure on the mouth. HEAVY HORSE LUNGE CAVESSON For a more subtle communication between the handler and horse whilst lunging.

How to tack up and prepare for lunging

These have a thinner chain and smaller rings than the french baroque style, making them lighter weight and ideal for a finer head, although the thinner noseband will act more directly on the nose area.

You do need to be at least walking fit,” says Brendan. “Another benefit to long reining, especially if you only have one horse and it’s been off due to injury, is that it gets you fit as well as your horse.” Long reining exercises While you can’t fall off when lungeing, you’re at close quarters to a horse who’s moving, potentially at some speed. Therefore, standard safety equipment is important – a riding hat (fastened), gloves and sturdy boots are a must. Rope burn is a common side effect of lungeing without gloves and is very painful. Day to day As you move farther away on the circle, the cavesson allows you to still be able to play with balance. Your horse now has a free-flowing line from their poll all the way through to their hind legs, giving you a more precise ability for communication. The cavesson also allows you to see the position of your horse’s natural head carriage. It doesn’t create head height but shows where your horse’s natural head height is.For lunging, the lunge leader needs a sufficiently lunge line & double lunge. It should lie well in the hand and offer sufficient support. At one end of the lunge line there is a simple hand loop, which prevents the lunge line from being pulled completely out of the hand. The other end of the lunge line has a carabiner or a clip with which the lunge line can be securely fastened to the bit ring or the cavesson. The lunging whipserves as a thigh substitute and thus as a driving aid. The ideal lunging whip is exactly long enough so that the horse can still be touched lightly with the lash of the whip. It is also light and has a good grip. For safety reasons, gloves are an absolute must when lunging properly, and it is also important to wear suitable footwearto ensure a secure footing.

Although some Western trainers like to use a rope halter for groundwork, other trainers like to use the cavesson due to the placement of the ring. With the lunge line or line attached to the front of the horse, instead of under the chin, asking for forward movement is provided with a clearer cue. Frequently Asked Questions About Cavessons What does a cavesson noseband do?We were thrilled to be awarded as runner-up in the innovation awards at BETA 2012 against some very strong competition. The judges said: “The low cheeks and wide noseband are beneficial adaptations resulting in a comfortable and well-fitting cavesson. It is user friendly, durable and offers excellent value for money”. Lunging should be done on a non-slip surface that’s as flat as possible. Lunging can be quite wearing on a horse’s joints, so avoid hard surfaces such as baked ground (this means avoiding your field in the hot summer months). Unless your horse is well behaved, opt for a smaller area to lunge in, as you may find you don’t have enough control. A round pen or an area with a sand, rubber or carpet-fibre surface is perfect. When we put horses on a circle on the halter, we tend to see too much of a bend to the inside. When we look for a bending horse, what do we usually look for? We can feel the bend, we can see their eye, and we can see their jaw turn. Cavessons can be used for working close to the horse for classical schooling, long reining, lunging and riding in the same way as a bridle or side pull. The cavesson can also be combined with a bridle, and works well with a curb bit. When using a cavesson, it is possible to bend the horse laterally through the entire body, from head to tail. This lateral bending in the body concerns the whole body. It is a collective name that we use in Straightness Training for everything that happens in the horse’s whole body – muscles, legs, spine, bending, rotation, flexion – to gain the ability to bend with the arc of the circle in both directions and to allow the body to do lateral movements. This ‘lateral bending’ is a metaphor, a figure of speech, because all factors together will create the illusion of lateral bending the body. ( Here you can read more about this metaphor » )

And by educating the horse on the cavesson first, it will react more attentively on the effects of the bit once the cavesson is taken away.The cavesson consists of a metal noseband, consisting of an iron chain, wrapped around with leather, which shapes around the nose. If you are using long reining as an addition to your ridden work, you can do it for the same time you spend riding,” says Brendan. “If you are doing it correctly, long reining can be as beneficial as ridden work. Having a rein behind your horse can collect the hindleg and get them stepping through more, giving you a better quality of work.”