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Barn
Safety Tie-up by
Mike Laughlin
 Safely tying up
horses is a prime concern
for all horse owners. Here
is a neat setup used by
buckaroos in the horse barn
at the Warm Springs Ranch
near Eureka, Nevada. This
tie-up gives the horse some
freedom of movement for
eating and you can move him
over in his stall while
saddling, yet he cannot
become tangled in the lead
rope. The danger of his
pulling back is also reduced
by the angle of the tie-up.
A rope
is looped and tied with a
square knot over a ceiling
beam. A ring, such as an old
cinch ring is tied onto the
other end using a bowline
knot. The total length
should be well above the
point of a horse's shoulder.
A halter's lead rope can
then be tied into the ring
and daisy-chained to avoid
dangling ends.
This
article was first published
in Western Horseman
Magazine. |
