Dear Carol, Bob and Beverly, While I am no expert either, I have driven a pair for about 3 years now and gathered a few awards and ribbons along the way. I have been taught that you encourage the lesser, willing to let her do it, slower horse while slowing the work or faster horse a bit. It does take a long time and my old pair are still working of sharing the load. I have another pair that we will start in a year or so when one of them is completely well. I have been told that an "evener" type single tree will help a little for balancing the load when the pair is in draft. I have not tried that with my pair as yet and it may be a while as we just ordered a new pair carriage. There are times when you might have to go back to single driving to let the lessor horse know what it's all about. I do take my pair out singly quite often. If you have time you might look at: http://myweb.cableone.net/lrsmith/CDE.htm where you will see the pair I have been using for several years now. Also look at: http://www.minihorsecde.com for more in depth information about driving. All the best to you and yours, Bob Smith, Petite Elite Miniature Horse Precision Drill Team, Prescott, AZ Bob Ashworth wrote: >Carol, > >I have been driving my pair for less than a year, so I am by no >means an expert. BUT, I have learned that the problem you describe >is very common. I have asked many seasoned veterans about this and >I get pretty much the same story. >You have what is known as a willing pair. > >One is willing to do all the work. >The other is willing to let her do it. > >My girls fit this description perfectly. My only advice to keep >after it and they will improve, but only if you insist. Every drive >is a training session. Mine have made major improvements, but still >have a long way to go. >Have fun, > >Bob Ashworth >Raymond, CA > > >--- "billbuk@xxxxxxxx" <billbuk@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >>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 >> >>________________________________________________________________ >>Juno Gift Certificates >>Give the gift of Internet access this holiday season. >>http://www.juno.com/give >> >>_________________________________________________________ >>To Unsubscribe, change to Digest or Vacation mode go to: >>http://www.drivingpairs.com/dpmem.shtml >>````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` >> >> >> >> > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around >http://mail.yahoo.com >_________________________________________________________ >To Unsubscribe, change to Digest or Vacation mode go to: >http://www.drivingpairs.com/dpmem.shtml >````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` > > > > > _________________________________________________________ To Unsubscribe, change to Digest or Vacation mode go to: http://www.drivingpairs.com/dpmem.shtml `````````````````````````````````````````````````````````