Hi, I rode just once in a dually and it worked perfectly! I could turn and stop the horse with slightest touch on the rein! Just, for the first time make sure that horse responds to dually well and that you can stop him any time. Long line him first or ride him immediately but have someone near you for the first time who can stop him if you cannot.

Stay safe, have fun :)

Sounds like the dually's a good thing to have if u can't quite afford a bridle.

I suggest that you work from the ground first so that the horse is used to the dually and how it works, this way when you're in the saddle he is already familiar with it and responds appropriately to it.

I mostly ride my OTTB in our Dually. Works like magic! She hardly needs the slightest touch on the reins, and her stops are good. You shouldn't really need your reins for a stop, though...
But, anyway. Just hop on and try it! Definatly stay in the arena the first time, and long-line before hand so he gets used to it.

Good advice here - definitely get you and the horse used to it from the ground with longlines, then try riding in a safe area. Both my geldings were quite happy being ridden in it - and I used it for my learner husband as he could not accidentally pull the horse in the mouth. It's a very useful multi-purpose piece of kit!

Just reading the above, remember to that your horse needs to respond to verbal commands, so 'woah' sould be taught to stop them. I've been working BamBam from the ground as we're not going to be riding him till after 3 yrs, and he responds very quickly now to woah and other commands, even said on the lowest voice. We'll be using the daully at first when longlinning and first rides.
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Thanks for you answers. I am ground schooling my mare in the dually halter and using voice commands. I use a bit at present but want to ride in the dually to make sure I am not pulling on her mouth at all.
I don't have a roundyard and was thinking of trail riding in the dually halter. My mare is more backward moving than forward.

Hi Katie, what do you mean that your mare is more backward going than forward?

Mel
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Hi Katie, I have ridden in a dually too and found it great.

Hi I have also ridden it the dually and had no issues although I did long line first. My friend had an Arab with a head tossing problem. She went straight onto the dually (slowly i'm sure) with no long lining and he has blossomed. She even competes in it in small eventing where it is allowed! I have a question though. I have been starting with the standing still exercise from the ground and want to progress to the ridden exercise as in the videos. However in the literature Monty says you need a bitless bridle for the next step. I don't know if i'm being stupid but he doesn't mention that you can use the dually just as well which I thought was odd. Does anyone know? I would have thought you can use it for this purpose.I only have a dually not a bittless, so I do hope so. Any tips on how to use it for this?
Many thanks

I am happy to have found this site. Here in Canada where it is cold in the winter, I like to ride without a bridle and the ice cold bit. Now, since I have not my own place anymore and board my last Icelandic ( I am senior ) , I found a wonderful place with wonderful people who do the Parelli work. Up to now I had followed Monty's training method for the past 20 or so years and love it. Here The first thing I was told to get rid of my conventional halter and use the Parelli rope halter. So far this is fine, but riding in it, my 17 year old Stjarni is great, a typical easy going Icelandic, but he has his own mind. Not in a bad way, but riding him in the indoor arena, I had great difficulties to turn him where I wanted him to go and not folow the other horses. with this the Parelli halter seemed to be of no use at all. I must say the people at that barn who are all quite experienced with the Parelli work, do wonderfully . But I am are looking forward to get outside as soon as it is not quite as cold. The Icelandics are better on the trail, going distances anyway. But I wanted to know if the riding with the Dually halter would be of more help for me. I have not got one yet and would like to try it.
Hiltrud