Get Down Rope

It is there to be used when you are getting off and on your horse not only for convenience but for safety.

Get down rope.

Get down rope lead 505. Secured around your horse s neck with a bowline knot and tied to your saddle or tucked into your back pocket. We offer get down ropes in three different styles. A get down rope is used to lead and tie a bridle horse especially when using romal reins.

The get down rope is an excellent tool for anyone who may need to dismount and lead or tie their horse during the time they work. These are a little spendier but much softer than horse hair. Many times a get down rope is used with a bosalita giving it the feel of a fashionable halter under the bridle. Buckaroo leather has just the get down rope in several colors or the rope with the bosal and hanger.

Horsehair is most popular but also made out of mohair alpaca and cotton. 4091 get down rope. Any reactive movement by your horse could result in his tongue being cut by the bit or the bridle rein breaking. The get down rope is a prime example of this.

Traditionally a get down rope is a 3 8 diameter 16 to 19 foot rope made out of horsehair twisted into colorful patterns. These ropes are used in place of the reins to lead your horse. I see many people not making use of their get down rope properly and it s not a matter of if that will get them into trouble but when it will. Out here when a long haired gal goes to a ranch rodeo or trade show she flips her braid over the front of her shirt and doesn t turn her back on merlin rupp or larry schutte.

The get down rope itself is usually made of horse hair and a few are made of human hair.