[drivingpairs] Re: driving pairs lesson with Hardy

Thought I'd try a post "on topic" since there haven't been very many lately.  
Hi.  My name is Renie and I'm a pair driver.  (Sounds like I'm at an AA 
meeting <VBG>).
Just finished 2nd day of lessons with Hardy Zantke.  He was here in Ramona 
for a club meeting and was talked into staying overnight and giving a few of us 
lessons.  Turned out all but one who could bring horses/ponies on short notice 
were pairs.  We had Hardy's pair (who are here on vacation while he is doing 
all his traveling to Austria, Indiana, France & who knows where else...).  Ray 
driving his new to him, Haflinger pair. Diane driving her homegrown appy 
pair. Teri driving her mule, and me driving my newly put together Welsh pair.  
It 
was lots of fun, and it's always great to watch others taking lessons 
especially if they are driving multiples!  Usually any lessons I get to watch 
are 
singles which is good but not as much fun as watching Hardy work his pair in 
dressage and cones, and then the other pair lessons plus my own.  Teri got 2 
great 
lessons on cones and hazards with her mule and was grinning from ear to ear as 
she drove with hardy for over an hour working his pair.  

Hardy made a nice comment about my dressage field so I thought I share... 
It's set up so we can drive it using 40 x 100 or 40 x 80.  I use traffic cones 
to 
mark every 10m.  I use two 2.5 inch, 20 foot PVC pipes at each end to mark 
10m in giving us a great visual for the 80m marks.  The cones set at 10m on the 
ends mark the 100m.  By having the pipes in off the sides about 5 to 6 meters 
you can drive past them into your corner to use the 100m.  No matter what test 
you do the pipes don't get in the way.  It really works well when you have 
different drivers working at different levels.  Hardy likes it because he can 
have the Prelim drivers do a 5 loop serpentine for training on bending and 
still 
use the 80m for everything else.   

Hope I didn't bore you with my "Boy, I had fun today note".  Happy driving.

Renie in Ramona, CA
<A HREF="Gilcrest Welsh Ponies">www.gilcrestwelshponies.com</A>


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