Effective rapid-release knot used to tie a horse to a ring.
Ring Hitch
Effective rapid-release knot used to tie a horse to a ring.
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Pass the rope behind the ring and pull a Bight through the ring. Twist the Bight to form a Loop and pull a Bight of the Standing End through the Loop. Lock the knot using a Bight of the Free End. Release by pulling on the Free End.
Origin: The Ring Hitch Knot(also called a Ring Knot) is a Quick Release Hitch described on-line by Heather Smith Thomas, Howard Cornier of the LSU AgCenter, and as item three of How to Tie Up a Horse.
Options: Our Animation shows the Ring Hitch Knot completed with the loop passing through the line going to the horse. The Hitch can be made secure by passing the end through this loop or, as shown on-line, a long end can be used to tie a “Daisy Chain”, or Chain Sinnet, of Loops
Advantage: The Ring Hitch Knot releases fully and quickly when the end is pulled. There is no final end left to release through the ring.
Other Quick Release Hitches:
We describe many other Quick-Release Hitches several of which share the same property of releasing completely when the end is pulled.
