[drivingpairs] New to pairs driving

I have just started driving my two bay minis as a pair. I've found that the 
younger one tends to hang back and not stay up in the traces. So the older 
horse is doing all the work. The older horse is a seasoned driving horse but 
the first time he has done pairs driving. The younger one has only been driven 
3 times (once alone, twice as a pair, but lots of ground driving).  I have been 
urging the younger one to speed up and he will for a few seconds but then drops 
back. This also means that his reins are looser and he doens't stay in the 
bridle. Is this a trait of younger horses? What am I doing wrong? The little 
guys are a perfect match and we won the Best Miniature Horse Entry at the 
Parade of Horses in the Charles Town parade on Sunday. So the boys work well 
together and look good, too. But I was annoyed that I had to keep after the 
younger one and it was so evident in some of the pictures that he was hanging 
back. Can this team be saved???? HELP!!!! - carol

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