A true ride and drive horse... Bobby the shire

[ItsTheHood]

bet that ride was smooth as butter! :3

[aes9471]

Stunning outfit, loving your attitudes, nice to see some HORSEMANSHIP throughout all your videos xx

[aes9471]

Stunning outfit, loving your attitudes, nice to see some HORSEMANSHIP throughout xx

[WESERADELUXE]

VERRY NICE :) BUT I HAVE A PONY HOW SHOULD I DO IT ?? :D

[kompuiheartsu]

i could just fall asleep with those hooves beating on the concert <3

[DancePuppetsDance]

interesting video though I don't like the thought of people riding without helmets due to safety reasons even if it's a nice horse ^^, just my opinion after all..

[kat399]

Very cool! Great job!

[ladybloodrose]

doesn;t seem like he has a care in the world :)

[Roccowen]

Beautiful horse.

[horseluver1699]

he's good and that looks unconformable

[barryhook2]

Hello,

Thanks for your comment. We don't train all our horses to do this but this horse's owner wanted him backed so we rode him in harness. We start off driving them and then walk up the shafts (as you can see when I dismount and get back on the carriage). It is useful for instance in driving trials - we have seen four-in-hand grooms walk up the pole to fix harness rather than get penalties for getting off the carriage, so it helps if the horse gets used to it during training.

[anjela100]

How wonderful to be able to ride and drive simultaneously! Please upload more videos of this unique combination.

A couple of questions:

Do you train all your horses to ride + drive?

What is the sequence? I assume you tack up the horse, then mount and then attach the wagon.

Don't worry - I'll never try this at home :)