Carriage Driving - Basic Driving 5

Part 5 40-45 mins

Narration by Richard Ellis
Demonstrations by Mrs Michael Dias

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• Carriage
• driving
• dias

[ManuelCat]

Hi,

I will check with her!

Thanks

[Haromoney]

This is a great video I'm teaching myself and you save my horse and myself months of frustration. Thank you so much. How large was the pony.

[ManuelCat]

Just over 12h.

[ridesawhitehorse]

Very nice video series. Lovely grey pony.

[ManuelCat]

Thanks. He is a section A welsh mountain pony. Sadly he died last year but a grand age of 34!

[hixies5]

your vids are great!! - feel very confident in this information explained so clearly - i am a novice driver and some stuff shown on utube worries me as even i know it doesnt seem right. Thank you !! (any more coming?)

[1Jeanne3]

This is by far the best video series on Youtube on safely harnessing and driving a pony. The thoroughness of the presentation helped me realize a few better ways of harnessing and driving that I did not know. Thanks!

[iainm1256]

I have used these videos extensively as I was completely new to horses never mind driving. One year later and with much patience my horse and I have taken to the lanes for some very pleasureable drives. I cannot thank you enough for the information provided. It made the difference between success and failure.

[Youliveyouride]

Lovely pony.

Very good information and very helpful.

Thank you.

It has helped greatly and very interesting and has helped me remember how to do things properly.

Thank you very much.

[ymaify]

im am sure these videos will help me a great deal .

[mtardiff]

Thank you for this series of videos. I am moving on from heavy horse hauling in the field to carriage and competitive driving - on the road. Totally different harness and conveyance, as well as some minor yet important differences in the driving rules; the little snippets of advice cover things that I have forgotten or never learned in the first place. I start training this month and this series will be a definite reference guide.

[horseridingdoglover]

Thanks for the videos - great to have a clear demonstration at hand. Can't wait to put our exercise trap to my donkey stallion!

[cyberg00se]

Replying to myself here, but watching closely, is that she's using another method - holding the reins around the neck during the bridle removal, halter placement step, hence retaining contact with the pony?

The narrator doesn't comment, and it's an important safety step to not be commenting on. So maybe it's just she's using another method than I was "raised" to, but of course that doesn't mean it's wrong.

It's just important to remind beginners that at no point is there horse to be loose.

[cyberg00se]

Anyone notice that she took off the bridle without the halter being around the pony's neck first? OK, so we all take shortcuts with horses we're comfortable with, but that is a shortcut.

The safe rule would be to put the halter around the neck first, then remove the bridle, then put the halter on. At no point is the pony loose.

If you do it the way it was filmed, the pony is free to walk away and do his own thing there for a few seconds. ;)

A mistake that should have been a do-over.