A chambon is a training device used on horses. It runs from the girth or the bottom of the surcingle, forks about half way, and continues to rings on the horse's head at the base of the ears. Running through those rings it follows the direction of the cheeckpieces and attaches to the bit ring. A surcingle is a leather, nylon, or neoprene strap that fastens around a horses girth area. ...
Chambons are advanced equipment, and should only be used by knowlegeable trainers who are excellent in the art of longeing. A chambon is not a way not quiclly fix the head set of a horse. It is merely to help develop the correct muscle. Longeing or lungeing is a training tool for horses. ...
A chambon is not meant to be used while riding.
Uses of the Chambon
Chambons help a horse to develop the muscles of their back and topline. It applies pressure to the poll and mouth of the horse when he raises his head, releasing when the horse stretches long and low, down toward the ground. When a horse is longed correctly, and the chambon is correctly adjusted, the horse stretches down and raises his back.
Before using a chambon, it is important to teach a horse to give correctly while worked in hand. If not, the horse may not know to lower his head to the pressure, and may panic and possibly rear.
Disadvantages of the Chambon
If a horse is not longed properly, he may begin to go on his forehand. Chambons can also cause sore neck muscles. Incorrect use can therefore spoil a horse's gaits, which would then require weeks of retraining.
Virginia Hall, American heroine of the French Resistance, who worked in the area of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon and is the subject of a biography by Judith Pearson, Wolves at the Door, was honored in the U.S.: Story of an anti-Nazi Spy.
Left and center left, Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, with farmhouse in foreground that was purchased in the hope that it could become the Chambon Museum.
The one-month solo exhibition "L'Essence III, Hervé Chambon" does not officially open until March 24, but gallery owners Adrian James and Chad Allain have already completed the hanging of the sixty-eight pieces, a few of which have already been sold since many of the visitors to the gallery are from overseas.
The curators are offering to arrange private viewings of Chambon's abstracts done in blue watercolours, oils and watercolours+ink in the main section of the beautiful Gallery with its high ceilings and part-natural light, at anytime at your convenience.
While Chambon's work held its own fascination, I was even more enamoured with the serenity at the Top of The Mount where a variety of activities take place and could be called one of the best kept secrets in Trinidad and Tobago.
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