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This pony came to us to have some further training after being broken sometime in the past. He was with us for 2 weeks - during that time we drove him both as a pair and as a single. He had already been driven as a pair by someone else within the past few months; we do not know this pony's full history but in Barry's opinion he had already been put in harness previously, however he did not like being driven. The purpose of this film is to show that he is not frightened of the carriage or harness, and that although we have driven him in single, he would take a long time to train to a standard where he would be trustworthy, obedient and happy in harness. As his owners wanted to use him for driving trials, to go with their other ponies, in our opinion he was not a good match for the others and would make driving a pair hard work. He needed to have a "biddable" attitude and be forward-going - we therefore had to decide whether it was worth investing the money in him to train him, or whether to buy another pony to go with their others.
2 окт 2024