overcheck
bearing rein BrE
checkrein AmE

The overcheck hooks to a pedestal on the harness saddle.

Most race harnesses incorporate a running martingale and an overcheck.

The overcheck is also used today in some equestrian riding activities, and for certain types of horse training.

A looser overcheck may also be used in a working harness to prevent the horse grazing.

Often has rings placed at various locations for attachment of reins, a crupper and/or an overcheck.

Modern harness trainers prefer the more accurate terminology "overcheck" and "check rein"

Ancient Hunting Tartan: (blue and green with red overcheck).

The frentera is not to be confused with a similar appearing piece of tack, the overcheck.

If too tight, however, an overcheck rein can be uncomfortable because it puts strain on the neck muscles and ligaments.

Dress Barclay Tartan: (yellow and black with white overcheck).

Properly adjusted and when used for a limited period of time, an overcheck does not significantly impede the motion of the horse or cause discomfort.

If an overcheck is inappropriately used, or used for too long a period, spinal strain resulting in neck or back injury can occur.

Bearing rein (overcheck)

Certain training aids, such as a gag bit, certain types of martingale or, particularly on ponies, an overcheck, may also discourage bucking.

In 1937, he scored his first success with a Linton tweed suit in sage green with a cerise overcheck called "Panic".

An overcheck or sidecheck are sometimes used to control a horse's head carriage and may be used in conjunction with an overcheck bit.

The modern overcheck is often a necessary piece of safety equipment for certain types of harness and is an aid to the driver in keeping a horse's head properly positioned.

A bridle is also part of a bitting rig, with side reins and rings or small pulleys on either side of the browband to accommodate an overcheck.

A bearing rein, known today as an overcheck or a checkrein, is a piece of horse tack that runs from a point on the horse's back, over the head, to a bit.

Common devices of this nature include the overcheck, the chambon, de Gogue, grazing reins, draw reins and the "bitting harness" or "bitting rig".

The overcheck is generally not used to train dressage horses, because it can lead to the horse traveling with a hollow frame, the opposite of the rounded frame encouraged in dressage.

The tartan is the same as the Black Watch tartan with the addition of a yellow - black - sky blue - black - yellow overcheck of four threads each.

It is the use of additional reins such as the overcheck, or the use of leverage to place the horse's head in a set position that turns a classic surcingle into a bitting rig.

The basic debate is whether the use of the overcheck or any other rein setup other than the classic side rein is unnatural and develops incorrect musculature in the neck, back, and hindquarters.

An overcheck has a practical purpose; if a horse lowers its head too far when in harness, particularly if moving quickly, it can catch the bridle on the shafts of the carriage or wagon, risking an accident.

A bearing rein is used to prevent the horse from lowering its head beyond a fixed point.

The chambon has the opposite function to a bearing rein.

They were not allowed to use martingales, bearing reins, bandages, gaiters or blinkers.

There was new rule this year that required a double bridle but would not allow martingales, bandages, or bearing reins.

The rich people in "Black Beauty" make their horses wear a bearing rein, which forces them to hold their heads unnaturally high.

The fashion extremes of the 18th and 19th centuries at times tightened a bearing rein to the degree that it made breathing difficult.

A Few Words about Bearing Reins,' 1875.

Compare bearing rein.

Horses had to be ridden in a double bridle, and martingales and bearing reins were prohibited.

For instance Ginger describes the physical effects of the "bearing rein" to Black Beauty, by stating, ".

In addition, it offers a base for fittings such as terrets and a point of attachment for a bearing rein.

In function, the Gogue is similar to a bearing rein, and opposite to a chambon or standing martingale.

'Bits and Bearing Reins,' 1875; seventh edition, 1886.

However, 19th century critics of the bearing rein applied a pejorative meaning to the word, meaning "Patient endurance; suffering without complaint".

Bearing rein (overcheck)

Lady W - Wife of Lord W. Demands that Beauty and Ginger wear bearing reins to hold their heads up high.

A bearing rein shares some function with side reins, draw reins, and the de Gogue, and has the opposite function to a chambon and martingale.

Common devices of this nature include the bearing rein, the chambon, grazing reins, draw reins and running reins and the "bitting harness" or "bitting rig."

A bearing rein, known today as an overcheck or a checkrein, is a piece of horse tack that runs from a point on the horse's back, over the head, to a bit.

Made Beauty work with the bearing rein up until a lady showed him that Beauty would find it easier to pull the cart without the bearing rein.

Indirect rein or bearing rein: pulls back inward in the direction of the horse's outside hip, without crossing over the neck, though the rein may touch the inside of the neck.

Beauty and Ginger are paired up to pull Lady Wexmire's carriage, but she demands that the horses wear uncomfortable bearing reins to raise their heads high, which angers Ginger.

Day by day, hole by hole, our bearing reins were shortened, and instead of looking forward with pleasure to having my harness put on, as I used to do, I began to dread it.

In the 18th and 19th centuries, the overcheck, then called a "bearing rein," was commonly used on stylish carriage horses to keep their heads up, at times to an extreme degree, depending on the fashion of various periods.

Overcheck, also called a bearing rein or "check rein," is a specialty rein that runs from a snaffle bit, past the crownpiece, along the crest of the neck, and attaches to the front of a harness on a driving horse.

If I call to ye, drop the checkrein and run for it."

The steering committee wisely avoided holding a checkrein on our thinking.

"It was Finn," she said, her voice quiet and low, so quiet that one could sense the checkrein she'd put upon herself.

He smiled as he reined the horse around a deep puddle in the road, leading mine by the checkrein after him.

If I called him today, he'd either come to the rescue in his private express starship or think of some other way to checkrein Dorothée.

A bearing rein, known today as an overcheck or a checkrein, is a piece of horse tack that runs from a point on the horse's back, over the head, to a bit.

He was a man of uncertain age (this fact about him had assumed importance lately): and he was a willful man who was held on peculiar checkrein by forces unknown.

So, partly thanks to the tight checkrein he had imposed on himself and partly due to Ron Cummings's timely intervention, Gardener avoided trouble until Arberg's party was almost over.

A related type of checkrein often used in conjunction with an overcheck are side reins or a side check, a pair of reins which run simply from the bit to a surcingle or saddle, intended to keep the horse's head tucked in.