Lacey pulling me to the prom -ideas-

[Ahrena]

Okie dokie..This is just a like very very early stages idea, but it's my year 11 prom next June or sometime around then..And instead of hiring a limo or something, I thought maybe Lacey could drive me?

She has been broken in to drive, but I've never seen any proof. I'd obviously need to bring her somewhere so someone can try a harness on her, and if she seems okay, then someone else to try and drive her or something, as I don't have a clue!

I'd want someone else to drive her and then me to sit there and look all fancy in my pretty dress -laughs-

I imagine it'd be pretty pricey, so just looking into it. I don't think it'd be dark, and she's bombproof in traffic, though do you think she'd be too excitable? She is a rearer, but only when shes major hyper and excited, like xc schooling or gymkarn games, so I think its highly unlikely she'd do that, but would have to see how she is in practise first...

Any ideas how I'd go about it?
Basically I suppose first I'd need to box her somewhere for someone else to see if she remembers the harness ect, and take her for a few practise runs, then that person to bring the cart and harness (and themselves) over to a mile/ half a mile away from where the prom is as it'd be too far straight from my yard.

Any advice welcome, I've got no clue about driving!

By the way, she's a 14.2/3hh welsh cob if it helps.

 

[the watcher]

It is good to plan ahead, but by the time you have hired the carriage, and the person to drive the horse, and paid for the training - you might as well hire the whole outfit and leave your horse to be ridden and doing what she enjoys. Training the horse to drive requires commitment and equipment that you are not really set up for.

If you are really set on this plan, start out by long reining so judge how educated she is to that.

 

[Ahrena]

She has already (apparantly) been broken in to drive, but I didn't see her be driven when I bought her, nor seen any photos so figured some practise attempts would be best to see if she had?

I don't think it'd be so special if she wasn't the one pulling it -laughs- I'll give long reining her a go though, it'd be good for both of us, plus if she's awful at that I think we can guess she hasn't been trained for it? I wouldn't want to train her to do it if it turns out she doesn't already know, seems a bit pointless for 1 journey (though when she's a bit older I quite fancy the idea of going out in a little cart or something but not now).

Thanks though

 

[hadfos]

When i got married we had a horse and carriage,the guy that hires them out offered to take my boy for training!16.3 tb,lol???never seen harness,lol???Could have proved interesting!!My point is if you phone these companies that hire out horse and carriages they may train her for you,should imagine it would be pricey thow!!Always worth an enquiry

 

[rara007]

We had a carriage for our prom, but i used my driving teacher, who alos does weddings. Although we had our boys it is so much easier to hire a pro. Even if she was a great driving horse would she stand whil you got in and ou (may take a while in a prom dress LOL), then stand in the carpark at the other end , with Limo's and loud music? We were lucky because the Prom was local to our house, but rember a weddingy type carriage would need a large trailer/special horse box. TBH it would be cheaper to hire someone.....

Arriving at the prom...