Other Lungeing Equipment

Why should you put a pad under the lunge roller?

If the horse is exercised intensively, it can also start to sweat when lungeing. To protect the material of the lunge roller, it is therefore advisable to use a pad that protects the lunge roller from sweat and dirt. You can either use a saddle pad that you fold forwards or a narrow lunge roller pad. A pad can also give the lunge roller a better hold. For horses with sensitive back muscles, you can also use a thickly padded lunge pad made of foam.

In vaulting, on the other hand, heavy vaulting rollers or harnesses are used, with additional pressure from vaulters doing gymnastics. To make it as comfortable as possible for the horse to wear the vaulting roller, special vaulting roller pads are used that have additional padding and give the roller a secure fit.

How is a lunge coupling used correctly?

A lunge coupling is used during lungeing when the lunge reins are buckled into a snaffle bit. They form a bridge under the chin between the outer and inner bit rings. The carabiner of the lunge reins is hooked into a central ring of the lunge coupling.

With a lunge coupling, a simultaneous pull is applied to both bit rings, whereby the pull on the outer is stronger than on the inner. This makes the lunge coupling not well suited for working on the horse's flexion and bend. However, a lunge coupling allows you to change reins without having to undo the lunge rein and attach it on the other side of the horse. To make rein changes even easier, you can buy a lunge coupling with swivels in our online shop.

When lungeing both with and without a lunge coupling, you should always check the pull on the bit and thus the horse's jaw. When lungeing with a snaffle bit, there must not be any permanent pull which would ultimately dull the horse and make it insensitive to fine rein aids.