Makeshift Side-Reins

I lunged Brandy today with a saddle. Then I found some western split reins and made my own side reins. She's lost her bend, so we're going to be working on getting that back now. There was no bolting, but there was some stubbornness about wanting to be lunged. However, in the end, she did really well. She even dropped her head for a little while. She doesn't like side reins because she has to hold her head low instead of high, but she does pretty well with it.