On Feb 6, 2008 12:16 PM, Karen Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > FWIW, the vet who said that served as the US > Olympic driving team vet for several years.
There is no Olympic Driving Team. There is a National Driving Team that competes at the WEG (Maybe the Pan-Ams? I don't remember and am on dial-up so I don't want to look it up). The only olympic sports at this point are Dressage, Show Jumping, and Eventing. There is some movement to include Reining, but I've not heard anything about Driving becoming an Olympic sport. Laree Said -- > That just kills me - he's not ridable but would make a good driving > horse - NOT !! - driving requires a very stable, rock solid horse - > much more so than riding. It just shows a level of ignorance Many people who don't drive don't realize what it takes to make a good driving horse. The old man that taught me to drive had two older rock solid HUGE Percheron mares he would use to teach the younger, flightier horses to drive with. He taught me to drive with this two old mares, and then let me help him with teaching the younger horses. He bred Percherons for years, and had some beautiful carriages and wagons. One even had electric brakes and lights! Steph -- "Brutality begins where skill ends." "Correctly understood, work at the lunge line is indispensable for rider and horse from the very beginning through the highest levels." Von Niendorff
