[drivingpairs] Vehicle Weights



This is my first message to the Pairs list. Usually post to CD-L or privately 
to subscribers.
My pairs carriage is only 6 months old and is a fabulous ride for me, groom and 
most importantly the ponies. It weighs 230kg and the ponies are 11.3hh.
Yes they are small for such a weight however I know I must have the ponies very 
fit for an event and that is the trade-off for having such a lovely vehicle. 
Love the delayed steering too but have yet to learn just how tightly I can turn 
in competition. Ponies can do it - just me that is problem. Mind you they are 
after all, Section A Welshies!!

The vehicle manufacturer, Trevor Leibowitz (formerly of South Africa) who 
learned his trade with a European carriage builder, will only build to FEI 
weights. His reason? Safety, and he figures if the weights recommended by the 
FEI are for the benefit of horses/ponies and drivers then that is what he will 
do. Some of his would-be clients want a vehicle that will suit a single pony 
and a pony pair. They want a vehicle that weighs 150-160kg for a 14hh pony 
pair. 

Dot
in beautiful Braidwood (Australia)
where the day is glorious following a frosty morning
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