A safety release knot, sometimes called a quick release knot, is a method of tying your horse in a way that can be released quickly in case of emergency. If your horse panics and pulls back, you’re able to untie the knot with a single tug to prevent injury to your horse or damage to the barn or fence he is tied to.
Here are the steps to tying a safety release knot.
Note: some horse owners make a loop of bailing twine and tie it to the tie ring, then make the safety release knot on the twine. This is an added safety measure so that if the horse panics and you don’t reach the knot in time to pull him free, he will break the twine before he injures himself.
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thank you , especially for the idea of the baling twine.
Love the way you show how simple it is to make the knot.
Very nice and slow to really teach someone new to tying properely.
Thank you, just showed this to some 4-H group at a meeting.
I never remembered it when my mom did it but now I think I know
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