This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 7/22/2006 10:26:30 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Lisa Wiley: this may sound like a stupid question, but is it safer and easier to drive with the minis? I would think so. Used to see a lady driving them where I had horses a while back...cutest thing you ever saw! Maybe that would be a good starting point for the old and terrified like me! HI, Am not Lisa, but I drive one mini who I trained and in the process of training her now 4 year old daughter to drive. First off I want to say, driving is a dangerous sport all the way around. Being safe is the most important. But saying that... it is a lot of fun. Compared to a bigger horse, mini's can be easier to handle. Finding one with a nice steady temperament is most important. Maggie is very steady and shows no fear to anything. Or should say to date, she has not had any spooks or such like that. Many mini's are quite different than larger horses in that respect. The B sized mini's are more suited to driving. More able to handle hills than the smaller ones. Their cart and harness are much lighter than the bigger counter parts. My Fjord mare is trained to drive and some day I will drive her again....after a refresher course....of course. ;O) But right now driving the mini's are fine. Shari
