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FREE FEATURE: Miniature Driving Horses
Do you wear your helmet? Mini Horse Racing? “Competitive Driving is a Blast� Our A.M.H.R Canadian National Champions are home!
OSESA Extravaganza exceeds expectations! Submitted by: Garnet Barnsdale
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Reserve Open Over MSS The Framed Event (D. Wallace). ntario’s Small Equine Show Association (OSESA) The Amateur High Point winners were: Under presented their second annual AMHR sancBKS Early Morning Joy, owned by Desiree tioned show this summer at the Ancaster FairWallace and the Reserve Under Town and Country grounds on a beautiful summer day to rousPat also owned by Desiree. The Amateur ing reviews. Exhibitors that arrived on Friday night High Point, Over winner was MSS The Framed Event were treated to a delicious BBQ courtesy of Denali owned by Desiree Wallace, and the Reserve Amateur Farms and SS Show Horses. The club, which was created High Point was Alpha Farms Magical in 2011 by a group of show people wanting Illusion, owned by; Carolyn Wright-Savage. High Point an organization that Youth Under was focused primarily won by Murmars on sanctioned shows, Countrylanes offered cash incentives Tornado Vicas prizes in their driving tory owned and Stake classes as well shown by Kiersten for the first time in Van Hoffen. ReChampion, Supreme serve was taken by halter classes which Countrylanes Magproduced a large turn ics Leo DiCaprio out of exhibitors. shown by Kassan79 horses to show on a dra Madsen. High picturesque afternoon Point Youth Over and the big winner on the was won by Counday was Desiree Wallace trylanes Foxes Inof Midnight Star Stables. dependence owned She owns the Grand and show by Jenna Champion Stallion, Cino and Reserve Under, SMF’s Sizzles went to Riverwoods Star Appeal who, due to Rapids Dolly May his unanimous win, was who was shown by the halter horse that earned Vanessa Savage with her horse “River Wood Rapid's Dolly Vanessa Savage. OSthe most money in a single class at $300! As well, her mare ESA, for the 2nd consecutive year, also included non-rated MSS The Framed Event went Grand Champion Over Mare, Jackpot Shetland halter and driving classes in which all add to that Desiree’s wins in the Western Country Pleasure entry frees were returned to winning Driving Stake with BKS Early Morning Joy and exhibitors in an effort to promote the showing the Pleasure Driving Stake with Town and Counof ASPC Shetlands in Ontario. This was the first year try Pat and it was a very successful day for the Pefferlaw OSESA executives launched a raffle whereby exhibitors resident. Altogether, Desiree won $638 in prize money! The that earned a ribbon could exchange it for a raffle ticket driving horse that took home the most prize money in a to be able to win great prizes. The grand prize a 50single class was Graham’s Queen Bee, owned by John inch TV was won by Erica Rankin. Rebecca Savage McCallum of London who took home $295. All told, OSESA won a bistro set; Janice Zijlstra took home a awarded a sum of $2749 to the winners of the Grand and Shedrow cooler and Alysia Reichertz won show Supreme Champion halter and Stakes driving classes. Some supplies and a fly mask. The raffle was well-received exhibitors, such as Carolyn Aarup of Dakotawinds Farms as many exhibitors participated in the ribbon exchange. comment with posts on the OSESA website. “I received my cheque for Country Pleasure Driving Stakes Over class. What OSESA Vice-President Carolyn Wright-Savage was clearly a wonderful surprise! Thank you so much!” All the High elated with the success of the Extravaganza. Point winners were awarded embroidered cooler bags and the “A HUGE thank you to the sponsors and OSESA Reserve winners received embroidered blanket storage bags members that made the 2013 OSESA Extravaganza donated by Ozark Canada. The High Point Open Under win“an amazing show,” she exclaimed. ner was Stone Maples Mackenzies Joy owned and shown by “I can’t wait until next year; it doesn’t get much better when Pam Christopher; Reserve Open Under – Desiree Wallace you can show your horses and get paid back in winnings.” and BKS Early Morning Joy; Open Over –Country Lanes Foxes Independence owned and shown by Jenna Cino; Photos submitted by: Carolyn Wright-Savage
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edition of our Canadian Miniature Horses Magazine. My name is Karen Bittner, a Graphic and Publication Designer. You may remember me as the owner of Painted Pasture Ranch. Our first edition of this magazine was a huge success! We had so many people quoting “it’s about time we had something like this in Canada”. They are so excited about these magazines. They have been downloaded, picked up, subscribed to, all over Canada, U.S.A. and Overseas. My goal is to “Promote the Miniature Horse” We are wanting to send out more information about these little guys and what we can do with them, and pass all the information out to you. The Canadian Miniature Horses Magazine will still be available on line at www.canadianminiaturehorsesmagazine.com. We are also on Facebook. This will benifet all our advertisers by publishing thier information online and in print. We will be printing this every 3 months (4x’s a year), more exposure! If you are new to miniature horses or you know someone who has been involved with miniatures all there lives, this is something for you. Horses have always been in my life and in my heart. I have had many horses that have come and gone and a few special ones that touch my heart along the way. Lets promote the miniature horses together. Thank you:
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ould you ever drive your mini with nothing on their heads? Most of us would say no. Then why is it most of us think its a good idea to drive or ride with nothing on our heads? FACT: A human skull can be shattered by an impact of 7-10 kph. Horses can gallop at 65 kph. Many believe that helmets are taboo or uncool. Helmets save lives. FACT: Over 30% of all reported riding injuries are to the head but only 20% of riders wear helmets every time they ride. Not only is it important to protect our head it is important to protect our childrens’ heads. Too often you see kids riding or driving with no helmets. FACT: According to the National Electronic Surveillance System figures the most likely ages for injury is at 5-14, and 25-44 years with each decade having about 20 percent of the injuries. All Provincial Horse Councils in Canada have a rule that all children under 18 must wear a ASTM/SEI-certified helmet at all times when riding at any of their events. That is for riding both english and western as well as driving. Other organizations have made it mandatory for many of their events that all participants must wear a helmet. These rules have been put in place for a reason, they are there to protect yours and your childrens lives. FACT: A rider who has had one head injury has a 40 percent chance of suffering a second head injury. Children, teens and young adults are most vulnerable to sudden death from second impact syndrome: severe brain swelling as a result of suffering a second head injury before recovery from the first head injury. Too many times you see kids at home or on the trail with out a helmet. Why are we as parents, allowing our chidren to ride or drive with out helmets? I am not sure why we are allowing our selves to be unsafe but here are some reason I have heard of.
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Why should we wear helmets? Helmets are not pretty: Many companies are now comingout with more appealing helmets to try and get more people to wear helmets. Helmets are pricey: Helmets are not as pricey as your life, you can get them for as little as $30. I think thats a pretty small investment to save yours or your child’s life. FACT: Hospital costs for an acute head injury in the US can be in the range of $25000 per day. Lifetime extended care costs may easily exceed $3 million. There is no funding for rehabilitation outside the medical setting. They are not comfortable: Sometimes it takes some time to find a helmet that works for you. Dont give up on the first one you try. They also take time to get used to. My child refuses to wear a helmet: As a coach this is a simple solution for me, No helmet no riding. If the child really wants to ride or has an interest in the horses, they will change their mind very fast. But if your child is really not wanting to wear a helmet, talk to them and find out why. Maybe their helmet hurts. Make it a habit that your child rides with a helmet every time no matter what, If its hard for your child to put on? Help them put thier helmet on. Make it fun and positive. FACT: Death is not the only serious outcome of unprotected head injuries. Those who survive with brain injury may suffer epilepsy, intellectual and memory impairment, and personality changes. Please think about the reasons you are choosing to not wear a helmet or not have your child wear one. Do the benefits to you out weigh the Negatives? I think your answer to yourself after a little thinking might surprise yourself. While you are thinking about the pros and cons, please protect your head and your childern’s heads. Thank you for reading :) CMH
Natural Alternative Grazers …. Why we use them? Natural Alternative Grazers “NAG BAGS” written by Mandy Blais The benefits are amazing; health and w e l l b e i n g for all grazing animals. Horses are grazing herbivores. They graze almost continually when left in pastured areas. The equine has a very small stomach (only 8-15 liters capacity) that is ideally designed for small, regular meals, as food passes through the stomach very quickly. Horses salivate only when they are chewing and eating, and under normal circumstances they produce up to 30 litres a day of saliva. Saliva is an acid buffer. Saliva neutralizes the acid in the stomach, as well as lubricates the food. The horse constantly produces stomach acid - even if the horse is not eating! The acid now has no buffer (saliva) as he is not chewing, so you will start to see the results of that acid build up in an empty stomach, presenting its self as ulcers, cribbing, colic symptoms, and other behavioral problems. We confine horses so that they cannot have that access to grazing for many reasons: land shortage, horses in training, showing, stallions, stables, and there are lots of horses out there that cannot be turned out on the grass, as is too rich causing other problems like founder. Just think of most of the horse - keeping methods, maybe feeding two or three times a day - the horses are going very long hours with no intake of fiber, at all. These are just a few reasons why we should be using slow-feeders. Slow-feeders do work well; they are one of the best products for the equine we have seen in many, many years of modern day horse keeping. The benefits for the owners, managers and breeders is also profitable, saving in feeding costs, as you are able to cut your feeding time down to once a day and some bags or
round bale covers are allowing feeding times to go as long as once a month! (depending on herd size). Savings are 30%, as no hay is wasted! Slow-feeding also eliminates the clean-up time of all that rotten hay, which in turn is not good for hoof health. No more rushing home to feed! Yes, now you can go away for the day, and the best benefit is more riding or horse time. And you know you’re doing the best possible for your horse living in confinement. Most horses adjust to the slow feeders in a few days or even hours - but after a week or so, if you lay out loose hay onto the ground, 90% of the horses will go to the slow feeder instead - it is amazing! They know what’s right and makes them feel good. These are some of the huge benefits for the horses and owners with the use of slow feeders. We would love to help you set up a slow feeding system for your farm, we have round bale to small square net covers and if your horses are shod we have the answers for you too and we have a great new bag for the large stables, for shed row feeding. For more information, contact us at: Email slowhayfeeders@live.ca www.slowfeeder.com CMH
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Our Results! September 5-15, 2013
It takes a lot of hard work and dedication, for our Canadian Miniature Horse owners and their horses To be able to compete at the A.M.H.R. - 2013 National Horse show in Tulsa, Oklahoma U.S.A. Most of us watched on line streamed live from our computers on September 5-15th. It was a fantastic event, all the horses were outstanding. Contatulations!
Carolyn Aarup (picture below)
Foxlane’s Wild Fire: 10th - Model Stallion, 2 Yr & Older Over 8th - Open Hunter, Over 9th - Stallion Country Pleasure Driving, Over
8th - Country Pleasure Driving Stake, Over 34 - 36
Devon Glodziak
Martins Mardi Gras Jazztime Jubilee National Champion - Youth Halter Sr. Mare, 13-17, Over 8th - Model Mare, Over 8th - Lds Country Pleasure Driving, Over National Champion - Mare Country Pleasure Driving, Over Reserve National Champion - Country Pleasure Driving Stake, Over 36-38”
Janette Wagner
Westwind Farms First Revenge Reserve National Champion - Adult Costume, Group 10th - Adult Costume, 1-2 people, 1 horse 6th - Solid Colour Stallion, Under
Jenna Cino
Countrylanes Foxes Independence 5th - Youth Obstacle Driving, Over 3rd - Youth Showmanship, 13-17, Over 4th - Youth Western Country Pleasure Driving, 13-17, Over
Katrina Joosse (Below, photo courtesy of Heather Aarup) Menageries High Noon Supreme 4th - Open Country Pleasure Driving, 30” & Under 4th - Solid Color Stallion, Under 4th - Stallion, 3 & Older, Over 28-30”
Desiree Wallace’s placings:
BKS Early Morning Joy: 10th - Amateur Ladies Showmanship, Under 10th - Multi-Colour Mare, Under MSS The Framed Event: 8th - Futurity 2 yr old Mare, Over 33-37 10th - Mare Owned/Bred/Shown by Exhibitor, Over McCarthys Lonesome Dove: 9th - Amateur Ladies Country Pleasure Driving, Over 6th - Jackpot Amateur Incentive Mare Halter Champion, Over 3rd - Futurity 3yr Old Country Pleasure Driving, Over 8th - Futurity 3yr old Mare, Over 5th - Model Mare, 2yrs old & older, Over 8th - Country Pleasure Driving Stake, Over 36-38”
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Wetrock Kiss Me Its 5oclock Sumwhere 6th - Stallion, Owned/Bred/Shown by, Exh Over Wet Rock Krazy Four Kisses 11th - Mare, foal. Over 28-30
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Canadian National Winners! SMF’s Sizzles Jokes On You 8th - Amateur Halter Jr. Gelding, Over Windy Peninsula Gravitas (Grady) 7th - Gelding, Owned/Bred/Shown by Under Exh
Samantha Betts and Strachen Edwards:
(Picture below) Filipowicz Enchanting Moment: 8th - Amateur Country Pleasure Driving, Over Bandidos Run N Gun 10th - Amateur Halter Stallion, Over Bandidos Chromed Out Mercedes (foal) 9th - Futurity Mare Foal, 30” & under Bandidos Southern N Sweet (foal) 8th - Futurity Mare Foal, Over 30-32” 6th - Mare Foal, Over 30-32” Strasslein Mardi Gras Up Till Dawn (in partnership with Ethan Krick) (previously owned by Nigel) 3rd - Mare, 3 & older, Over 36-38”
Mary Ann Bartkewich:
JEM Sir Lance A lot 10th - Open Pleasure Driving, Over 32-34” 10th - Ladies Pleasure Driving, Under 6th - Stallion Pleasure Driving, Under 10th - Stallion Owned/Bred/Shown By 11th - Three-Four Yr Old Pleas Driving, Under 5th - Golden Age Pleasure Driving, Under 3rd - Roadster, 3-4 yr olds, Under 5th - Pleasure Driving Stake, Over 32-34” 10th - Roadster Stake, Over 32-34”
Pam Christopher
Stone Maples Mackenzies Joy 9th - Amateur Roadster, Under 6th - Open Roadster, Over 32-34” 10th - Adult Jumper, Under 10th - Gelding Country Pleasure Driving, Under National Champion - Golden Age Country Pleasure Driving, Under McCarthy Grassmere Smoke N Mirrors 4th - Amateur Halter Sr. Stallion, Over Ozark Mtns Sterling Storm 7th - $1000 Amateur Incentive Gelding, Over Reserve National Champion - Gelding 3 & older, Over 34-36”
Terri Schell
SM Remington Rum Gunner 4th - Stallion, Owned/Bred/ Shown by, Exh Over
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Sandra Frank
Sage Sky’s Regalo Of Rivenburgh Reserve National Champion in 2yr old Stallion / Gelding Over 33-37 inches 4th - Model Stallion 2yr & Older , Over 4th - Stallion 2yr Old , Over 35-37 8th - Solid Color Stallion, Over Silver Birchs My Hearts Desire Reserve National Champion , Youth Halter JR. Mare 8-12, Over 7th - Futurity Yearling Mare, Over 32-36 8th - Mare Yearling, Over 34-36 8th - Liberty Over
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Strasslein Charlies Mark E 9th - Futurity 3yr old Country Pleasure Driving Over 7th - Futurity 3yr old Stallion/Gelding, Over 9th - Stallion, 3 & older, Over
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Canadian National Winners!
SMF’s Sizzles Custom Chrome (pictured below) Reserve National Champion - Amateur Sr. Halter Mare, Over Reserve National Champion - Mare, 3 & older, over 34-36” Reserve National Champion - Mare Owned/Bred/Shown by Exh
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Stephanie Forbes:
SMF’s Sizzles Redi or Not (pictured above) National Champion - Amateur Halter Sr. Mare, Over 32-34” Reserve National Champion - Jackpot Amateur Incentive Mare National Champion - Futurity 3 yr old Western Country Pleasure Mare National Champion - Futurity 3 yr old Mare, Under Reserve National Champion - Mare 3yr & older, over 32-34” Reserve National Champion - Sr. Mare Champion & Reserve Under National Futurity Champion Western Country Pleasure Driving National Champion - Mare
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FEATURE riving The Miniature Horse See them in Action!
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ntario - When you thought it could not get any more exciting, you would be wrong. In Ontario Canada there is another sport that has been picking up a lot of interest every year - Miniature Horse Racing. Jackie Panko from Miniature Horse Racing Ontario, gave us a bit of insight into racing miniature horses. Most people would think that the miniatures would have to be on the bigger side; Mini’s under 38” are also allowed to race. These little guys race on the gallop, and any age driver can drive. There are usually around 10 racing mini’s at a time, and between 1/4 - 1/2 mile track! Miniature horses can pull around 3 times their own weight. The Miniature Horse Racing Ontario has many races during the year. Come out to see what we are all about.For more information, See thier Facebook page at: www.facebook.com/MiniatureHorseRacing Ontario for upcoming races and more information. CMH
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“Competitive Driving is a Blast”
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ompetitive Driving is a Blast! This is my first experience with such an event, What a thrill and so much fun. With Mini’s competeting against the big horses like Morgan’s, Standardbred’s, and Welsh Cobs and on an even playing field! Our VSE’s (very small equines) are athletes and can successfully compete in CDE driving events and different variations of CDE. A CDE event consists of a 3-day event based in part on the 3 day riding events. The driving event consists of dressage, obstacles and cones. There is also variations of CDE driving, one being a Derby which involves cones and obstacles while being timed. I was fortunate enough to participate in such an event August 17, 2013 at Kelwood fair. I was encouraged to attend with my VSE pair by Dwayne Stewart and Dan Meggison active members of the Manitoba Driving Society. The Darby consisted of 20 cones and 3 obstacles with each competitor navigating 5 sets of cones with tennis balls on top of them and then an obstacle in the correct sequence while being timed. SIMPLE !!!! There are various time faults and disqualifications for errors while on course but my pair of VSE’s were more than able to compete due to their quickness and maneuverability on the turns (like having a sports car versus a SUV on a tight curving road.) This type of driving requires attention from both driver and horse, as you have to anticipate the turns and approaches to prevent faults. Like any skill event drivers walk the course prior to formulate a plan to complete the course. Equipment needs are a willing and able horse, good comfortable harness and cart and during driving competitions, a driving apron, gloves, and helmet may be required
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Rachel and her daughter Sarah Eldred (navigator), Deroche CDE in Mission, BC. The horses are Tony, 16-year-old chestnut gelding, and Cherry, 9-yearold Pintaloosa mare. 2012 Reserve Champion at Preliminary level, against all sizes of VSEs, ponies and horses. photo courtesy of : Treasured Times Imagery
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There is a large emphasis on safety for driver and horse with a pre and post competition veterinary checks in ADT and CDE events. Manitoba is fortunate to have an active driving club, that being the Manitoba Driving Society, which has a web site and hosts various driving events at Bird’s Hill Park as well as other venues. Our westman representative is Dan Meggison who along with his wife Heather is a great supporter of VSE participation. As well on the Internet are various web sites; one good site is www..CDE4VSE. com, which has a great deal of information. A good reading reference is SPORTS DRIVING: A Complete guide to horse driving Trials by Amanda Saville. This activity does not have any restrictions on size/conformation/ gender for our VSE’s; it is a performance sport that can be enjoyed for many years. It also could be adapted to indoor events, which in our climate would be a big plus to keeping our horses and ourselves active in the winter months. Finally this is an activity that VSE owners can demonstrate the wonderful abilities of our little equines to the Big Horse world. picture above: courtesy of Heather Meggison CMH
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Clinic Fun Mini and Pony Driving Submitted By: Sarah Grant Willow Creek Equine Services
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t was a cold crisp morning thats for sure. We got my little stallion and pony gelding all loaded up and headed off to the clinic. You know those days you wonder whats going to happen next. Well this was one of those morning. After running late and having to rig up a device to get air in our trailer tires we got loaded up and headed on our way. Not even 10 mins down the road we just about hit a bear. The bear and the slow rain falling got me wondering if it was worth all my work to get a clinician up from Kamloops. Was she going to make it with the rain? What happens if not enough people show? What happens if she doesn’t show!! But all my worrying and stressing out was really for nothing. Crystal our clinician (see her article as well) was there just before us. Everyone gathered around to watch As well as one other and learn. Not everyone and their participant. As we minis could fit. waited for the others the sun came out and it warmed up nicely. We ended up with a great turn out of 8 of us for the in-hand portion of the morning and 5 of us for the driving. The morning started off with Crystal covering inhand stuff such as grooming for Crystal and Joanne driving Joannes shows and clipping. two mini mares. (Crystal on the left We then moved into and Joanne on the Right) doing some in-hand work with our minis a little in-hand trail work as well as jumping. All the minis did great, as well as the two ponies that joined us. After all the in-hand was covered we had a potluck Lunch. Everyone brought something tasty. After lunch all of us that staid for the in-hand portion of the clinic set out to gather our minis and harness them up.
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Crystal was great help getting us that had never harnessed up, set up and also those that were out of practice. Once we were all harnessed up we were off to the races! Well not really but we were all driving :) three of the Minis had never been in harness and driven before! And they did awesome! Crystal gave us all kinds of tips on driving and how to fix the problems we were running into with our new drivers as well as the already broke drivers. Crystal packed our heads with so much wonderful information she got us pumped about working with our minis. She left us all with stuff we could work on. We were all very happy about the day. So much so that we have decided that Crystal will be coming back to the Cariboo for more clinics!! Thank you Crystal Everyone that staid for the driving portion McKay for doing watching Lyndsay drive her lovely little this clinic for us! gelding. For anyone interested in coming to a clinic- please find BC Miniature Horse group. on Facebook. There will be information posted there on when we plan to do more clinics. Crystal is a wonderful coach, that wants to help everyone whether Myself Driving my lesson pony Risky. He in the show ring sure seamed big around all the minis. He’s or your back only 11.2 hands yard. She also does a great job of enplaining things so you understand. If you don’t she will explain it another way until you can understand everything. Photos are Credit to Ken Seabloom. CMH
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How to “Hook Up” a mini? Submitted by: Karen Bittner 1- Lay the saddle over your horse’s back and buckle around its belly. 2- Put crupper around the tail and attach the crupper straps to the saddle band. Make sure it is snug but not too tight. The bottom of the crupper should not press into the underside of your horse’s tail, but should rest comfortably against it. 3- Place the breeching on the horse’s rear now, if it is a separate part of your harness and not attached to the crupper. Attach the top of the breech strap that lays across your miniature horse’s back to the girth.The lower breech strap should rest just at the bottom of the b u t t o c k s . 4- Slide the breast strap over your horse’s head and down over its neck so that it sits at the base of its chest. Hook side lines of the breast strap to the girth band on each side. 5- Bridle your mini and attach the overcheck line that starts between your mini’s ears to the saddle. When driving for the first time it is a good idea not to make the overcheck too tight until the horse becomes accustomed to the pressure to keep its head up.
6- Run a rein strap through each side of the girth loops on the side of the girth and attach to the bit on either side of your miniature horse’s bridle.
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Victoria A yers, Take s he out for a ri de for their r goddaughters birthday, w mini “Bre ezy” ith their 7- Stand the cart up on its back with the shafts up in the air. Working from an upright position it is possible for even a lone person to hook up a miniature horse to a cart. This is the best position to begin in because it allows you to slowly lower the shafts on either side of your horse rather than to bring them forward from behind and risk poking the animal in the rear. 8- Position your miniature horse between the upright shafts with their rear toward the upright cart. Stand at the left side of your miniature horse with your left hand on the reins and reach up with your right hand to grab onto the left shaft of the cart and slowly lower the shafts down on either side of the miniature horse. 9- Run the points of the shaft through the shaft loops on either side of the harness girth and let it rest there while you attach the straps. The shaft should lightly sit in the loops if your cart is balanced properly. The harness on your miniature horse should be fitted so that the points of the cart shafts are in line with the point of your horse’s shoulders. 10 -Attach the trace line on each side of the harness to the singletree on the front of the cart between the shafts. Slide the straps of the breeching through the intended hook on the shaft at the side of each of your miniature horse’s hips, and wrap it several times around the shaft, one of those times capturing the trace line in the loop to secure it. 11- Buckle the straps over the shaft loops by the girth of your mini’s harness on each side, and you’re set to go.
This is a basic way of hooking a cart and harness, Always check to see the type you have. CMH
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