It will look like your horse is wearing a lot of hardware. We put the headstall on the horse so that he can get used to the feel, weight, and bit in their mouth before we start using it as the primary training aid. Once we have the horse comfortable with the rope halter and headstall combination, we remove the rope halter and do our training in the snaffle. We still use the rope halter for riding, especially when someone who doesn't have very good hands rides one of our horses. There is some risk involved in horse training for both you and the horse.
Horses can cause serious injury.
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