I’m old and I have a night latch on my saddle, …because I don’t stick on the saddle so well anymore

Just started watching your videos today. Watched a whole bunch of them. I deal almost exclusively with draft horses. I like to watch different disciplines and pick up things to use. I have used a W myself. It's a good way to put a "Whoa" on a horse. Of course it's in a soft place and at a walk. It teaches them to stop and stand there. It also teaches them to stand hobbled. When you're hitching teams and multiple hitches you have to be sure all your horses are on the same page. A Running W is another tool that works if used properly.

Thank you for addressing the Running W. One thing about knight latches I've noticed is if you have a really strong and bad bronc they can be ripped right out of your hand (especially if you are an older rider that has lost some of your grip strength) because you are taking the full yanking brunt of each pull directly. I've also found it very important to find my right stirrup asap and to get good at it. If you are seriously going to use one on a bronc I like one on each side of the horn to balance my one handed load. Not sure about the stirrup hobble deal. What video can you be seen using that technique? Not sure how it helps. I would like to know. So enjoy your videos. Nice to be able to communicate with someone who is younger and with more experience than me. I have kids your age.

A fella I partnered with on some cows once gave my daughter a 9yr old unbroke mare. I had refused this animal twice before but he pulled a dirty on me by giving it to her. That mare was the flipping overest POS I’ve dealt with. I ended up breaking her to pull a stone boat so I could feed in the winter. She was my only experience with using a runningW. I’d agree that if you have one that’s bad enough that using a RW is warranted, you probably should run it through a sale loose and get something different.

Also called bucking strap or oh, sh*t handle.

Love your videos. Thank you.

About running W's. Decades ago I knew a horse that was a riding horse for ~2 yrs and for whatever reason started rearing and after a couple weeks or so (?) a real horseman was asked to fix it. He saddled, attached running W set up, got in the saddle, provoked the horse to see if it would rear. It did, he dumped it ONCE. Somehow, he stayed in the saddle from start to finish. That horse never reared again after that.

lol yup if the old timers i learned from herd anyting bad about a running w you might get knocked around, been there done that ive moved on, the best thing i learned from the old timers is to keep your ears open to everyone and everyting you might just learn a better way.

Yes sir I had a set of those thin nylon hobbles like they sold in the farm store for a nightlatch. They came in a box of trading stuff, who would ever hobble a horse with em? Thet worked great as a nightlatch, might have really sucked if I had ever hung up in them. I did a bunch of race colts for a few years after the track opened near here, I'd run my hand in it on some if they really wanted to buck. Most that 'bucked' were just kicking up behind and would walk on the front. I wouldn't touch that thing except for the few that really thought they'd try broncin. Nice vid and I agree with everything you're saying. Best thing on KZfaq on horse handling.

I thought running W was used on Carriage Horses to trip and sore a runaway? Hobbling stirrups didn't know that was a thing? Another interesting bit of information about Bronks. Looking forward to another Fun to listen to opinion.

A silk night latch? I kinda like that idea, thanks!

I prefer to hold my rope as well. Of course when I take it down a night latch would seem appropriate as an alternative. Would a right handed person place it on the right or left of the swells. As it could get caught up possibly while roping.

I ride with a sissy strap I'm 66 and once a bull rider I made fun of night latches back then. I ride with plainsman gloves also. Live and learn 8:45

I'm a little confused about the stirrup hobbles. Are you referring to the leather straps with buckles like a belt that go around the bottom of the stirrup leathers and keep the stirrup from sliding up?

What’s your opinion on a gum line to get em to stop bucking if they got lots of drop

What think about buck buster bridle?

nice backdrop ?

Running W is used differently in English world…but still doesn’t need to be used

I have seen and /or heard about stirrup hobbling two times in my life. A couple years ago I saw where the Lady rodeo contestants could hobble their stirrups but the men could not. I thought, that looks terribly dangerous and how could that be an advantage? Then I was watching one of your videos and you never mentioned it but I saw where you had yours hobbled.

Your not a fan of Ray hunt ?

night latches were important when cowboys were out on a dark night and weren't sure how to get back to camp so they took ahold of the night latch and allowed the horse to get him home is the story I heard how it originated