Do you do driving classes or take your horse/pony on driving outings?

[AmCanyonStables]

We drive our Drum horse - mostly just for fun. Here she is last July 4th:

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[Gmsg01]

Nice turnout!

 

[turney31]

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What he thinks...

Ditto on the camera and pics thing.

 

[babyblue]

I adore driving. My sisters and I's pony drove perfectly and we went everywhere and I showed him in 4h and local shows in driving. My now old qh adores driving and qualified for worlds in qh in driving. I drove him whenever I showed. We sold the light cart and harness when we moved to the farm house because really it was a show set and not a work set and the farm is pretty rough. In the past six years I still made him drag logs and help me pull the work wagon around though. When I broke my little paint mare I broke her to drive before I broke her to ride. I loved how calm and responsive it made her to ride. She was taught to pony off the old qh, then drive, then take weight while she did both. So literally when I broke her to ride I just got on and off we went. Great way to start any horse imo.


Here are a few pics of the old man driving just a light show cart and harness. If I get a new cart and harness it will be a heavier work set with a more durable cart so we can go drive around the back roads (we are moving and the new area has great quite gravel and dirt roads to ride/drive on)

 

[Jetiki]

I train minis/small ponies to drive. I love it, its a lot of fun. I have done some combined driving, some Pleasure driving, breed shows and just tooling around the farm. I am at my mom's and don't have access to my picture files or I'd share some. Driving is fun and a great use for those ponies that have been outgrown size wise by their riders and a good way for adults to keep the naughty ones in check.


Karen

 

[2DogsFarm]

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LOL!
Ponies!
They all have Little Man Syndrome

My 12h Kouma has no scruples about picking a fight with 17+h Sam...and he has the Sam-shaped bitemark on his butt to prove it

Still, I have seen them mutual grooming - Sam bends waaaaay down & Kouma could use a stepladder

What is BPITW's name? Or is that it?

 

[kfchickenlady]

I have a young Haflinger mare, harness and cart. I havent driven her, but she was being driven on roads as a yearlling, she is 4 now. this summer Ive started working with her, so someday...I used to drive my shetland pony a lot when I was a kid, I loved it!