serenityjane
Well-Known Member
Recently travelled two youngsters together- one was a yearling approx 15.3hh, the other a two year old 12.2hh. Travelling for approx 45 mins to a show. Breast bar is fixed. We were concerned that the pony would be able to get below the breast bar so tied a really big haynet full of straw to the breast bar to prevent this-it also helped shorten his area as he is considerable shorter in length too, than his companion. It worked really well! You could equally put a couple of bales of straw in front of the breast bar (on the non-horse side)-we did this when we travelled the same yearling last year when he was a foal-he travelled with a companion loose in the trailer but we filled the area in front of the fixed breast bar with straw bales to prevent injuries- the journey was approx 2 hours each way and it was a great success travelling them like this. I personally prefer to travel horses tied, but it does however depend on the horse, it's age and how it travels and indeed ties!- My riding mare has fallen several times in the trailer in the past causing injury, this appears to be caused by a slight loss of balance which then causes her to panic which is then made worse by being tied, so is never tied when travelled. We have a camera on the trailer and she travels really well untied, with or without a companion.