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Just my opinion
but I agree that you need to work as though you are just beginning

You need to search for this pony's comfort zone and use that frequently during any sessions - at least until the...

See... this is what I appreciate about the NYC commercial drivers. They don't just take it for granted everything is OK in another location. They check it out and try to help.

As opposed to...

Fair warning, on many of the wire spoke pneumatic tire vehicles a good half of the suspension is the blow-up tires.

We had one many years ago and found that when we traded to steel wheels we now...

Anybody going to Rutgers (New Brunswick NJ) for Ag Field Day or the Young horse Auction this weekend? I'm hoping to get out one or both days to see the horses before they move on with their new...

Do yourself and the leather a favor and DON'T oil well and leave in the sun. A friend who was a top saddler at Bevals years ago used to refer to those saddles as French Fried.

Not military, but support them.

Its probably far better for military to use indigenous horses rather than bringing in a force of "US horses".

Unfortunately, the armed forces don't always...

I was doing some research on a talk about the change from carts to cars and found a little of the backstory on the PA cover your car laws.

When cars first started taking to the roads, they were...

You need to make wither tracing of your horses back

you can use a thin wire clothes hanger or get one of those artists/dressmakers flexible thingy's

Lay it over the withers and mold the wire...

Well, I'll stick my neck out a bit on this one

We are having some new harness parts made at
Zimmerman Harness (Becky)
in Ephrata PA
717-354-5667

She does draft stuff in leather and beta...

thanks

Looking for a rescue group to donate some halters, blakets and other equipment and would like it close to home so I can just drop the stuff off and not bother with mailing etc

Would like to find...

AAAAHHHHHHhhhhhh Minis! ! !

that's why you cant see much difference

the parts are so tiny anyway
its hard to see the size change between collar and breeching straps - single to pair
...

Your best bet is to consult with Claudette and with Muffy about what pieces you can use and what pieces have to change in order to use a single harness for pairs

the breeching on pairs is also...

we finally got a jack from the PA Amish (actually bought from Rick Fallon at RunningBrook Farm when we were up there visiting)

looks kinda like this only all metal...

well draftX can be a funny thing

Yes they are big and yes many of them have had both riding and driving training BUT many of them have had what I call poor up-bringings
They have not had...

well trained driving horses are a rarer commodity

One of the easiest places is the standardbred rescue groups
Many stbd's available
most trained well to drive, but usually not the finess of...

Original post is from DNJ2... I'd like to add

- please check metal for rust and fatigue and address it anywhere its found

- please take a good look at the seat. It looks saggy and could...

Yes - with your new cart - it IS just those little hooks under the corner support brace for attaching the traces

this is not the optimal arrangement as there is no swing and the traces/breast...

Oh no - there still is a GSHCS in SOuthern NJ and HCHPA in Northern NJ

right now GSHCS has a few more active drivers WHO ACTUALLY PUT STUFF ON

Hunterdon County Horse & Pony Association...

Another hint from the old Headstart Seminars in NJ... You can put a stripe of red electrical tape around the strap at the key points where things get unbuckled for a rapid unharness - at least while...

At least for a single it should be quite easy to release the horse in most situations IF you have a harness with buckle in traces. I'm not as familiar with pair or other multiple harness

Release...

Heres a couple of suggestions
Unless you are way far out in Marylnd you are pretty convenient to the PA Amish craftsmen
Many many harness makers and several carriage makers
...

Sounds to us like the bug has definitely bit you-all

Sacha also sounds like a real sweetie and a great inaugural drive exploring the neighborhood

Drive On!

BFZ
I was looking at a friends barn website and saw a nice cart she and some clients drive with very small shetlands and with minis

Its the Bennington 2-wheel
They specifically have a line for...

If you really want to shift him over to ground work... how about this sport? Looks like fun!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmkxnpkPjWE

http://www.thehorseexchange.com/news-desk/?p=576
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