[drivingpairs] Re: Tandem Moments

Hi Noel,

That is easy to do these days.  They have little
cameras that could be mounted on the horses.  You
would need a couple of video cameras, but it is
totally possible.  We've talked about doing it.

My boyfriend made a helmet cam for when he rides
his bike.  Mounted a camera to a model helicopter
and flow around taking pictures of the camp.  The
carriage is really easy if you have someone who
can help you with the shopping at Fry's (BIG
electronics store out here in CA).

Heather
--- Noel Jones <gedeckt@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I have always thought that a carriage fitted
> with a video camera that 
> could show the hands, the lines and the horses
> would make some great 
> selling training tools.
> 
> On Jan 26, 2006, at 9:02 AM, Ansley wrote:
> 
> > I couldn't agree more with getting someone
> experienced to help you 
> > start in Tandem. I was very fortunate to have
> Camptown Dave as my 
> > groom and Sterling Graburn as my instructor.
> My STB girls had pretty 
> > much only been driven single before we hooked
> them. We used a marathon 
> > vehicle in an indoor with Sterling as the
> whip, I was the passenger 
> > and Dave was the able bodied groom standing
> on the back. I have to 
> > give lots of Kudos to all the Tandem
> instructors who are willing to 
> > take the reins and drive two horses that they
> don't know Tandem and to 
> > people like Dave who are very knowledgeable
> and willing to assist. I 
> > was quite surprised at how well they caught
> on to what they needed to 
> > do. I did find riding my wheeler and
> longlining the leader before we 
> > hooked very helpful.It was quite challenging
> to drive two long strided 
> > STB in a small indoor. My brain went to mush
> quite a few times and 
> > Katie the leader would stop stand cock her
> foot shake her head and 
> > look back at me as if to say "please let
> Sterling drive". 
> >  
> > A memorable Tandem moment: I am driving the
> STB girls around a race 
> > track at a fairly good clip. I am practicing
> Achenbach rein handling. 
> > Sterling suggests I shorten two of my reins
> and I give a large pull to 
> > the wrong two reins. The girlies go East
> -West very quickly and I 
> > almost sit the leader on her butt. The leader
> was not happy but stood 
> > her ground, just shaking her head. Sterling
> stays completely calm 
> > throughout and explains how corrections need
> to be done in small 
> > increments with Tandems and which reins to
> shorten next time. We 
> > continue around the racetrack without further
> incident.
> >  
> > Camptown Dave and Wendy Ying also did a
> superb job of driving the STB 
> > girlies. I think these horses needed an
> experienced person driving 
> > them first so they could learn what was
> expected of them. I have both 
> > trace carriers and a trace holder on my
> leader's harness. The trace 
> > carriers are traditional , but the trace
> holders are behind the 
> > carriers and actually snap into a ring sewn
> into the traces farther 
> > back to keep them held up a little higher. I
> have to date not had a 
> > problem even in tight turns with the horses
> stepping on or under the 
> > traces but I also have never done an HDT or
> CDE with them.
> >  
> > Camptown Dave makes a great Tandem harness.
> >  
> > Ansley
> >  
> >  
> >
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