The scenery here today is absolutely beautiful. We got a “freezing fog” which I’ve never heard of before but the trees look like they’ve been sprayed with that fake snow they put in department store windows. Just gorgeous! Winter is beautiful in the North. 
We’re doing a ride tomorrow at a christmas tree farm and I can’t wait to get out there in the deep woods. There’s just nothing like it.
That’s pretty much what I do marta. She pulls from the lines attached to the surcingle and breastcollar. Driving lines are separate, just like normal.
Get out there and have some fun with your horse! Life is too short to sit inside depressed about the winter, right? 
Is that what you call a breast collar??
It looks to me like its just a hunting breast plate to stop the saddle slipping back. Not for using in draft is it?
I think you might have them on western saddles too though I thought they were called breast straps??
Driving breast collars are as per here:
thomas_1
come man, no one is going to spend $ on a real driving collar unless they plan to make it a career;) this is just some silly fun in the snow (hence the snow tube;)).
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come man, no one is going to spend $ on a real driving collar unless they plan to make it a career;) this is just some silly fun in the snow (hence the snow tube;)).[/QUOTE]
And because I could see it wasn’t a driving collar that’s why I asked the following:
I notice you don’t have a collar on. I also notice you have no trace carriers.
How did you attach the traces?
How did you prevent the mare pulling you from her mouth and the reins?
When you made your turn how did you stop the traces getting caught round her legs?
When she transitioned down from trot how did you prevent the tire going forward and into her?
Why do you put a numnah (saddlecloth)under her surcingle (you might call it a lunge roller?)? Or is it a driving saddle?? (difficult to see in the photo)
I thought you didn’t like bits in horses. Do you always use one now? And are you always using a riding bit for driving and longlining etc? How do you compensate for the extra length of leverage?
Or doesn’t safety for the horse matter when its snowing???
Just ignore him marta. He has a habit of thread crashing and starting fights. I can’t read his garbage because he’s on the ignore list. So stop quoting him. :lol:
I wanted to get out in the snow to do some playing yesterday but we’ve been rewiring the barn for 2 days. It’s all finished though finally, yay! That was a job a long time coming. Such a relief. I can’t wait to get on a horse tomorrow. Winter riding is just wonderful.
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come man, no one is going to spend $ on a real driving collar unless they plan to make it a career;) this is just some silly fun in the snow (hence the snow tube;)).[/QUOTE]
And using ill fitting equipment, wrong equipment or just plain jerry rigged equipment can get people seriously injured.
When you made your turn how did you stop the traces getting caught round her legs?
When she transitioned down from trot how did you prevent the tire going forward and into her?
I was wondering these same things. It looks like you had fun, thankfully neither of you got hurt.
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And using ill fitting equipment, wrong equipment or just plain jerry rigged equipment can get people seriously injured.[/QUOTE]
And taking advantage of the good and forgiving nature of young and green horses never gets accolade from me. Its just Too Stupid!
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Just ignore him marta. He has a habit of thread crashing and starting fights. I can’t read his garbage because he’s on the ignore list. So stop quoting him. :lol:
I wanted to get out in the snow to do some playing yesterday but we’ve been rewiring the barn for 2 days. It’s all finished though finally, yay! That was a job a long time coming. Such a relief. I can’t wait to get on a horse tomorrow. Winter riding is just wonderful.[/QUOTE]
you do that often gate crash as you say
obviously you have no concern for your horse at all–
In ski joring someone rides the horse, therefore the pull-ee doesn’t have to worry about reins.
I set up my guy today (He was a driving horse before I got him…), with draft size hunting breastcollar, saddle and ran the lines from the breast collar, under one girth strap and then back to the toboggan with a quick release knot. My daughter led him and I rode for a few minutes in the toboggan…next time, she’ll ride him and we’ll see how that goes.
I must say that I hooked it up so I had a LOT more room behind than in those pics. Although that looks fun!
Cinder
The OP doesn’t drive so why the heck should she have driving equipment? All she wanted to do was a simple slid in the snow. She took her time introducing her horse to the tube, used precautions for herself, and made sure her horse was both nonplussed and happy to comply. And the photos show that – a gal and her happy, easy-going pony having fun together in the snow.
A2 - your distance horse is just adorable – as cute as a button, and seems to have the perfect attitude for driving. :yes: You might want to think about training her to harness – it’s a pretty handy sport for conditioning in distance… and a big plus is that you can take hubby along for the drives as well. 
When you made your turn how did you stop the traces getting caught round her legs?
You stop the traces getting caught around her legs the same way you would when you are pulling a drag.
When she transitioned down from trot how did you prevent the tire going forward and into her?
Your feet are your brakes. :rolleyes: Talk to anyone who ever attached a toboggan or sled behind a horse.
Thanks GTD I’m just so tickled with this horse! She’s just a wonderful little girl with a great mind, and is a total team player. Whatever you want to do - she’s game! You’re right, she’s a tough little bugger too. I don’t exactly baby and pamper my girls. They have to get with the program and get tough. hehehe. Seriously though, all 3 of the girls have great minds, and I’d trust them with my life. I think that’s one of the best attributes to a trail horse, and a distance horse especially. Arena only horses might be a bit hotter or spookier or “touchier” but a good trail pony is worth his (or her) weight in gold, right?
She ground drives very well, and I do have a harness, but no cart. Maybe santa can bring one for christmas next year!
This picture really cracks me up:
http://www.endurance.net/oreana/owyheecanyonlands/2007/Gallery02/pages/07OWYC149.html
THAT’s having fun with your endurance horse!! :lol:
:lol: Yup, you’re right. No concern at all. When we were done with this, I turned her lose in traffic on the highway. Thought it’d be fun to watch her dodge the semis. :rolleyes:
aww, now I think that looks like fun and no big whoopie. It’s not like she’s asking the mare to pull 300 lbs of fatboy through mud it’s one slim woman and a fit Ayrab in the snow, whoop de do. I’m sure she took all the precautions she could to make sure the load was reasonable and well managed by the mare.
As much as I think A2/TS is a titch wacky in the feet arena, I am not going to whack her with Aunt Esther’s purse just because. I think it looks like they both had fun
A nice little road cart, or Meadowbrook, would be lovely. You would have such fun!! :yes:
I saw that photo – and thought it was hysterical. That’s the way to celebrate a finish – although most people just stagger off their horses, ready for a cold beer and a lounge chair … ASAP. :lol::lol::lol:
Those are some great pics! Looks like a lot of FUN (for the killjoy). What a good little mare you have there.
Just ignore him marta. He has a habit of thread crashing and starting fights. I can’t read his garbage because he’s on the ignore list. So stop quoting him.
What a smart girl you are!
one fit arab? ? ?
omg… hahahahahahahahhahahaha :lol:
sure Ok then.
wow dude!
didn’t realize these were some deep resentments rearing their ugly heads;
won’t be quoting him anymore…
so i’m still hoping for frickin’ snow… temps are dropping so there is some hope… i guess i’ll be endangering my mare, too;)
happy new year!
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