Trailer Box Stall Hauling One Horse - front or rear Box?

[tabula_rashah]

@Lusoluv

I’m not a long-time horse trailer owner, but I was told horses feel more comfortable in a single stall while trailering. Maybe long hauls cross-country in a semi-truck would be different. Anyway, horses are top-heavy, they can get hurt if there was an emergency maneuver by the driver, etc. And an object in motion is likely to stay in motion. So although I have a 2-horse straight load and only own 1 horse, I don’t take out the divider to offer a box stall. I live and haul in a suburban area, and while I’ve never had to make an abrupt move, I’d hate to throw my horse off his feet or make my situation worse with 1200 lbs of horse being thrown around.

I driven many, many, many trailer miles all over the US both professionally and personally. For a good many of these miles, I’ve had a camera in the trailer to be able to observe and I’ve found that about 99% of the time, they haul better (esp long hauls) loose in a box. I’ve never noticed them having more trouble balancing. What configuration I saw that seemed the most stressful as far as balancing was a big 4H head to head and it was the horses in the back to straight stalls.