re neck reining was countersteering faq please post in article qmetg g n sixgun east sun com egreen east sun com ed green pixel cruncher writes basically there are two ways to steer a horse plow rein and neck rein plow reining steers him by keeping the reins separate and you pull in the direction you wish to go neck reining steers a horse by holding the reins together in one hand and pulling against the horse s neck in the direction you wish to go when training a plow steering horse to neck rein one technique is to cross the reins under his necks thus when neck reining to the left the right rein pulls against the right side of the neck but the left side of the bit which the horse is used to from his plow reining days i learned when riding bareback as a kid to palm reign by just pushing on the right side of the horse s neck with your right palm to turn left a lot like countersteering so that came pretty easy to me in the transition to motorcycles it took a while however to break my habit of kicking the rear fender with my heels to go faster steve steve l moseley moseley u washington edu microbiology sc phone university of washington fax seattle wa
