Snow Horse....

[jleonard]

That looks amazing, great pictures! We don't often get enough snow here to really sled, so when we get a thin covering, we hook up selds to the fourwheeler and have that drag us around. This looks like a lot more fun, and a lot less pain! I'm going to have to give it a try if we get some snow this year.

 

[The Simple Life Farm]

That looks like fun... and very inventive!!!!!

 

[BannerBrat]

[SIZE=12pt]Thanks guys! It was soooo much fun! You guys who are trying it, have fun!!!

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[Basketmiss]

That is the coolest! It looks so fun!

We also have my husband drag us in a plastic sled behind the 4 wheeler-love doing that...

That is cool your Mom got pix of it all, what a scrapbook moment!!

 

[targetsmom]

We sort of tried the sled pulling and my respect for your mini went up several notches!!! We harnessed our young stallion Buckshot, who hasn't been hitched to a cart yet. We had done this with other minis in training, so my helper and I were very safety conscious. Buckshot seemed to love pulling the sled through the snow (weighted with a big rock), and was really well behaved. But when my helper went to sit in the sled, our little mini was stuck! He gave it a good try, but he didn't have the strength to pull her. Of course she got right back out. So I am really impressed that your mini was able to pull you around like that. We are going to try it again with our biggest mini! Of course, it wasn't a lost cause because that was the first time Buckshot actually pulled anything and that part went very well. And we all had fun in the snow.

 

[shalamara minis]

Now thats having FUN!!!!!!

 

[BannerBrat]

[SIZE=12pt]Thanks Missy & Bill![/SIZE]

Targetsmom, that sounds like overall it was a really good expirience for Buckshot, Mom is considering letting her young driving horse do that with a lightly weighted sled.

Oh & Banner's a big boy 36/37 inches & he keeps himself in really good shape just running laps around the pen for fun. Add his love of winter to the mix as well as his interest in new things plus he drove most of the year & it all came together quite nicely.

Today we added jingle bells to the harness, what a nice sound...

Happy, Snowy Trails!

 

[EAD Minis]

oh boy looks like fun!!!

I used to do it with my old Gelding, our neighbours had a feild with a pond in the middle so it was like a little race track!! SOOO much fun!! One day Fighter will have to learn the wonders of winter fun! hehe! Banner looks great!!

 

[BannerBrat]

[SIZE=12pt]Thanks Tristyn!

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I bet Fighter will look stunning in a few years joining in on the winter fun.

 

[AppyLover2]

Ok I got a question. What keeps the sled or tube or whatever from slamming into the horses back end? Not trying to throw a wet blanket on anything 'cause it does look like fun. But.....I'm curious.

 

[BannerBrat]

[SIZE=12pt]good question!

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The way our snow was (when the pictures were being taken) the sled didn't keep going when we were going downhill, he was still slightly pulling. Though the last time i hitched him to it & went, the sled trails were already made from the time before & it was very easy pulling for him & minimal pulling for him downhill, if he wasn't pulling i'd put my leg out just enough to keep the traces with some tension on them. i think it depends on the snow conditions mostly.

& no worries of wet blankets here, we love the rain as much as anything, haha.