page_title: Lead (tack)
section_title: Use
hierarchical_section_title: Lead (tack) / Use
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Cobra de jument, PRE
context_page_description: A lead, lead line, lead rope or head collar rope, is used to lead an animal such as a horse. Usually, it is attached to a halter. The lead may be integral to the halter or, more often, separate. When separate, it is attached to the halter with a heavy clip or snap so that it can be added or removed as needed. A related term, lead shank or lead chain refers to a lead line with a chain attached that is used in a variety of ways to safely control possibly difficult or dangerous horses if they will not respond to a regular lead.
context_section_description: Leads are used to lead, hold, or tie an animal or string of animals.  A horse may be led by a person on the ground, sometimes called "leading in-hand," or may be led by a rider mounted on another horse, a process called "ponying."  A "string" of animals refers to animals tied to one another by their leads, whether the human leads the horses in hand or from another horse.  Horses requiring physical conditioning, such as Polo ponies or roping horses, may be conditioned in strings.  Pack horses are often led in strings on the trail, usually with the handler ponying the first pack horse and for the rest, the lead rope of one horse is tied to the tail or saddle of the horse in front of it.
caption: A group of horses being led together by a single handler
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