 pulling the girls arms and legs off in unison. The fact  is the ropes would need to be attached to the "horn" of each saddle  to give this sadistic endeavour even a remote chance of success is  beside the point. This is not possible, as the ropes would be  directly pulled taut over the riders position. The film depicts the  horse riders holding the ropes in one hand. The ropes would have  pulled all four off their rides and given them severe rope burns.