Shawn W. Flarida on Trash Your Gal with hackamore - NRHA Derby 2022 Oklahoma

[@myronschabe]

Boy oh boy, do I like to see this! So happy to see they are allowed to show in a hackamore...and the performance surely doesn't suffer. That horse sure looks ultra sensitive but also he/she is relaxed in her neck/face, she doesn't look anxious...natural headset!!!! Hope this is a new trend....the artistry is so much more appealing with this kind of style :)

[@theterracebanquethall7124]

there's nothing natural about carrying their head so low....It's just a different discipline

[@myronschabe]

@@theterracebanquethall7124 Firstoff, I am going to be the first person to call out abuse on horses...though this mare has a natural headset in this run, her topline is pretty level maybe even a bit up and her nose is a bit forward of the vertical...she walks in with it real low, but it does not stay that way. If you want to see horses with really unnatural headsets look at Andrea Fappani, those horses are galloping with their head so low and nose behind the vertical, it is a wonder they can even see where they are going....they are bred these days to have a low natural headset, not all of them but many...though that does not excuse horses like AF has them going. Anyway, I really like that this girl is going in a hackamore, I would venture a guess she is very sensitive and that white skin around her muzzle ( and the possible sunburn she may get) just make bits too worrisome for her.