Danny Part 1

http://www.horsedrawnpromotions.com This is Danny, a 5 year old KWPN gelding. He was originally broken by Robert Bowman and driven 4 times as single - his owner sent him to us to be schooled on in single and broken to pair and tandem. She plans on competing him in national level driving trials, so as well as driving him on the roads in traffic, we also trained him to do obstacles in the arena.

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[hackneysaregreat]

Why do you have the breeching that low?

[barryhook2]

We have the breeching down low in this case so that if a strap broke and it did come down round his hocks, he would not worry about it and would still attempt to slow the vehicle despite it not being "in the right place". If this happened while going downhill and he slipped, we do not want him to panic, so we train him to cope with it happily. Danny will do driving trials with his owner so needs to be able to cope with situations like this in different circumstances without becoming upset.

[barryhook2]

@hackneysaregreat Also on some of our other single videos you can see that we leave the bellyband looser than normal so that the shafts bounce up and down; we also adjust the pole tension so that it moves about more between a pair of horses (i.e. when going over a ramp or down a pothole). This is to show that they do not become upset when things move differently to how they "should" do when put to normally; if anything should break or come undone in the future they will cope with it confidently.

[syrynus876]

I really like the idea of getting them used to anything that might happen. A horse CAN get used to almost anything if it's presented in a non-threatening way. I once tried out a little mare for sale at a stable that was right underneath a Naval Air Station flight path. A jet screamed over 500 feet overhead; I almost jumped out of my skin, the little mare didn't so much as flick an ear. I ended up buying her, LOL!

[myhotchilipepper]

He is just lovely! Wonderful training you exhibit in all of your horses!

[heidimule]

I love the explanation. Smart.

[chelackie]

LOvely job