tobiano1984
Well-Known Member
In the past I've thought nothing of putting every horse in a trailer, even babies, but after seeing so many recent stories of awful problems with horses freaking out or going over the breast bar, I'm a bit more wary! I've travelled 3yo cobbies and TBs quite happily (the later were allready well travelled), but the one in question now is a warmblood, very sensible but not as resilient as a cob. I'd like to be able to put him in the trailer to get him out and about before he's sold later in the year.
I've travelled him in a friends 3.5 ton lorry, on his own - no breastbar, facing backwards. He was fine for a short journey - at this stage he had barely even been handled. He kicked out a few times and was very wobbly but we made it in one piece! But in that lorry there wasn't much that could go wrong.
What are your thoughts HHOers? I presume it would be most sensible to travel him with a companion in a trailer for the first time, although that makes me a bit wary again as if he freaked out you could potentially end up with more than one injured horse. Am I overthinking it?! Mostly because I've never owned such a valuable horse haha!
Journeys would be very short to start with - just to the local indoor which is 10/15 mins away.
I've travelled him in a friends 3.5 ton lorry, on his own - no breastbar, facing backwards. He was fine for a short journey - at this stage he had barely even been handled. He kicked out a few times and was very wobbly but we made it in one piece! But in that lorry there wasn't much that could go wrong.
What are your thoughts HHOers? I presume it would be most sensible to travel him with a companion in a trailer for the first time, although that makes me a bit wary again as if he freaked out you could potentially end up with more than one injured horse. Am I overthinking it?! Mostly because I've never owned such a valuable horse haha!
Journeys would be very short to start with - just to the local indoor which is 10/15 mins away.