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I found this website a few years ago when I was learning to drive and to train my own horses to drive. I always thought it looked like a good, thorough...

I thought the show was wonderful. Neat that your horse and husband were in it! Several of us Haflinger owners got involved in a discussion of the show and as a partial offshoot of that discussion...

Lovely photo, and good to see you're out having a fun with Sparrow. She does love her job. My passengers are always safer standing behind me on the carriage than sitting on the seat next to me. :D...

I found a picture of some Prestige leathers that come with a stirrup sleeve:

http://tinyurl.com/3t3pcw

Mine are similar to that picture. It's a simple design, just a stiff leather tube about...

Well, gee, I thought I could help you. I have 2 pairs, one black, one brown. Both are from Dressage Extensions. The black ones I've had for more than 10 years. The brown ones were purchased about 2...

Yeah, Bob has mentioned the tandem thing to me too -I think it was long about about the second time I drove the pair. Bob is always scouting out new challenges. :D

I stopped reading FUGLY the day someone posted this little gem of knowledge: the Amish drive their horses with their (expendable) wives seated on the left so that if they get hit by an oncoming car,...

That's the weekend I'll be up in Vermont with some friends, riding Icelandic ponies in the fall foliage. :cool: We'd already put down our $ and made our plans before I knew there was a conflict with...

This is a clue to me. Usually problems don't just pop up in isolation, out of nowhere and this appears to be no exception to that. You say she usually tries to continue walking on to her stall when...

According to the OP, this is not a green baby in training. It's an 18 year old mare that's been ground-driven since last November. This is not the time to let that mare begin making the decisions,...

Well, I'd take the direct approach if it were me. I'd have set her back on her butt in no uncertain terms. Whoa means whoa, not sidle forward until you feel like stopping. This is especially...

I use these inside my hat brim and have not had a hat blow off yet:
http://www.villagehatshop.com/sweatbands.html

Very nice photos, Pat!

Sami is breathing down her neck. :lol: Wouldn't it be fun to be there watching??

This link was posted on the CD-L for results: http://carolinadriving.net/results2008/SouthernPinesCDE/

Oh Pat. What a bummer! But I'm so glad nobody got hurt. And yes, you were very fortunate the shackle didn't break in the hazards! I had one break at the end of a long uphill forest gallop with my...

I came to this list for advice at the time I was dealing with my younger horse who didn't like the blinkers. I received a lot of good ideas for dealing with his issues. I did look into the Kant See...

I would not under any circumstances turn a horse out with a blinker hood on. Training the horse to blinkers should be done with the horse in hand, one way or another. Turning the horse loose with...

I wouldn't judge a horse's future as a driving horse based on the initial reaction to the equipment. You don't just chuck blinkers onto a horse and expect that the horse will be fine with suddenly...

I think so. I searched for awhile this afternoon and gave up. The driving forum threads only seem to go back to some time last fall. We've had numerous discussions on this subject but I guess all...

Once when Major was a very green 2 y.o. we were used in an impromptu demo by the famous Muffy Seaton at the FL Whips' workshop down at Gloria Austin's. We fulfilled the part of showing how a young,...

Very good advice to work with a trainer. All the free advice on a chat board can't equal the benefits of paying a good trainer for his time and expertise.

There are Liverpool bits and there...

Agreed. The arch-mouth Liverpool bit I use ('Glory' bit) is a mild bit. Even the top curb slot is still a quasi-snaffle setting because of the way the bit is constructed. It's also made to be used...

Way to go, 49'er! Sounds like a great show for your mare. And Sami and AJ also had a terrific show :cool:. Looks like Bob got the big E. Was he driving his own pair of mares?

I was thinking the same thing: bumper pull and stock trailer are not mutually exclusive terms. :D I plan to get a 16' bumper pull stock trailer in the future that will accomodate my marathon...

I have a Tucker High Plains western saddle, 2003 model. I use it for starting my young horses under saddle and also for trail riding. It does have the gel seat. I ordered mine with a suede seat and...