[drivingpairs] Re: New to pairs driving
- From: Keith Yutzy <keith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: drivingpairs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 18:20:44 -0600
Welcome to the fun of pairs. One is always trying to take advantage of
the other.
I suggest that you make sure your young horse really understands the
job of going forward/pulling. You mention that he has only been driven
once alone. Ground driving is not the same as driving single and he may
need more single work to build his confidence and teach him to work and
stay in the bridle. You can continue using him in the pair, but make
sure he knows his job!
Linda
On Dec 14, 2004, at 4:10 PM, 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
>
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