At 13:44:01 on 06.07.10, kibby wrote:
We have always tied to string! and never ever will change.. i was driving into work one day and saw a float pulled over to the side of the road the man jumped out looking very panicked.. i pulled over to help him. he had two horses on, but one had gone down, and was choking itself. it was tied to the ring and he couldnt untie it.. i ran back to my car and thankfully had a pocket knife managed to cut the rope.. Im not saying he wouldn't have gone down being tied to string but at least it could have broke..

At 14:02:39 on 06.07.10, Flicka wrote:
Yep, I would never tie directly to the ring and now won't even use string unless I've cut through part of it and in the lorry we use safety, quick release ropes. Have you ever tried to untie a rope that a horse has pulled on-as Kibby says it's really hard to undo as the knot has tightened. Thank goodness you had a knife. We've discussed this topic a while ago after my horse flipped over backwards in the trailer-thought you might like to take a look-I've included the link below.
http://www.trotontv.com/community/showforum/951/headcollar-safety.html

At 14:15:14 on 06.07.10, kibby wrote:
its blood near impossible.. haha.. glad i keep my knife sharp, which reminds me.. its too scary to think of what if this happened and i wasn't prepared.. you can get some really little swiss army knives.. and stylish ones too!

At 14:23:14 on 06.07.10, Flicka wrote:
Cool I want to get one of those-do you have a link to their website? At least you'd be able to find it-I have one but never know where it is DUH!!

At 14:42:20 on 06.07.10, kibby wrote:
down near the bottom.. its where i found the picture from.. i expect you will have to do some searching
http://meshandlace.typepad.com/mesh_and_lace/2009/01/index.html

At 15:31:02 on 06.07.10, sophieandcallum wrote:
Balers twine at all times never direct to the ring! I have a smart pony who has proved many times balers twine snaps when needed and so do well oiled leather headcollars (I don't travel a horse in a nylon...ever!)

At 20:09:05 on 06.07.10, Em28 wrote:
You can also get safety ties to tie the lead rope to, these will come undone as they are velcro (but equally take a bit of force so the horse wont just wander off/untie themselves).

At 20:11:33 on 06.07.10, Em28 wrote:
Also forgot to say I would never tie to the ring especially in the horse box, it could lead to the horse getting seriously hurt.

At 20:44:40 on 06.07.10, ToriSilverson wrote:
yea i always have string...if the horse breaks free on the box, it must have had a good reason to, although i have arrived at a show several times before to find that charlie has undone the quick release knot lol those knives look good kibby, il have to get me one :)

At 05:30:15 on 07.07.10, kibby wrote:
My horses are often untied most of the time anyway.. they are moderatly sensible. although sam spends most of the journey tormenting phil..