Carriage horse in early training

Young driving horse (arabian percheron age 3) on training carriage drive. Sliding side reins set loosely in place. Step-by-step driving training from start to hitch at http://portraitswithhorses.com/blog/?p=706

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Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• carriage driving
• horse driving
• driving horses
• arabian
• percheron
• horses
• coaching
• New Hampshire
• horse cart
• pair driving
• pleasure driving
• carriage pair
• Gilford
• Glendale

[ridingisasport]

Arab/percheron. Who woulda thought? still, he looks good.Nice trainer, nice horse.

[horsepaintings]

thank U- we have 2 of em, full brothers! Have done all their training ourselves, with 2 or 3 coaching clinics with pros.

[BlazingAva]

very quiet horse and very nice handler!

[horsepaintings]

thanks for looking! Pllease See my recent vids of him pair driving with his brother!

[thecostumer]

why do you still have your sliding reins on?

[horsepaintings]

The sliding reins are a gentle encouragement to him to balance himself by dropping his head and neck, which allows him to raise his back and be able to push a little harder with his hind feet more underneath himself. They are not tight enough to force his head down, and run through his bit rings and belly band but are not fastened to it.

More if you like on my blog post at portraitswithhorses. com/blog/2007/06/12/riding-in-­horse-cart-videos/

[pitmastergeneral]

nice

[ridingisasport]

Thats great! Good job.

[prideofthekaap]

Please stop critizing he is doing a good safe shooling

job. Rather do it slow, as it safes time.If ho Bolts the sliding reins help to stop.

[thecostumer]

my trainer uses them with my horses too, but I've never seem them used the same time as driving lines. I thought maybe you forgot to take them off.