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Category Archives: Working Ponies
Our Driving Vehicles
Another person asked what we have in our barns for driving. Here is my response with our past and current vehicles –
Posted in Articles, Driving, Horse Equipment, Ponies, Working Ponies
Tagged carts, disk, driving pairs, driving single, ez entry, farm equipment, forecart, pony driving, sulky, wagons
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Driving Pics – Way Back News – Dec 2011
A statement in Driving Mini Horses posted by Target’s Mom on 14 December 2011 – “It seems that a lot of people are “lurking” here so I thought it might be helpful to post some driving photos with a bit … Continue reading
Posted in Driving, History, News, Ponies, Training, Working Ponies
Tagged 1st hitch, Bell, Bit, braided haystring, drag, ground driving, home made harness, recycled haystring, trail driving
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Shetlands – Trail Companions?
Here’s another post from me with my thoughts. Original post is by Golden Tree in WA state.
Round Pens – my opinion
You (someone I was talking to) mentioned not having a round pen.
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Tagged focus point, pen for ponies, round pen, Training, Working Ponies
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?s – Keeping Stallions – 2
and MM responded to my posts and several others with a bit more background – 1 August 2016 –
Posted in News, Ponies, Training, Working Ponies
Tagged fencing for stallions, keeping stallions, stallions, working a stallion
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?s – Keeping Stallions – 1
I commonly frequent several Forums on Miniature Horses and Ponies and a few on horses as well. Recently – there was a post asking questions about stallions. I wanted to post not only the gentleman’s questions, but how I responded … Continue reading
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Tagged Fencing, maintaining stallion, paddocks, pastures for stallions, stallions, working a stallion
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Driving ponies – Farm work?
Yes, we do “farm work” with ours. Can they plow or disk in a heavy, wet clay soil field all day? Probably not.
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Tagged 3 abreast, disk, Eclipse, good for what, harrow, Kreature, logging, LP Painted Ponys, pair, Pampered Pets Pharm, Ponies, pulling logs, pulling manure bins, pulling trees, shetlands, single pony, Y ponies
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Pony History: Bit
We purchased “Bit” (Little Jim’s Bit of Silver) in 2009. We purchased her to add her bloodlines to our breeding program and to utilize in our riding and driving program.
LP Painted Ponys 