My gut tells me that I don't want to use blinkers - I > believe that Christine and Robyn have said they've started driving horses > without them,
I very seldom used blinkers >and I won't be driving any horse that I don't trust fully. Just remember that even some of your most trustworthy horses under saddle, don't take to driving. If the horse isn't comfortable with it - don't press it > I'm also wary about using overchecks, definitely don't want to use an overcheck for any reason - they are usually against the rules at pleasure driving shows. probably don't want to use a > martingale, I don't know that I've ever seen one used in driving and I definitely don't want to use a dropped noseband. So, any > good sources? I would say you can take any good pleasure driving source and just adjust it a little to suit what you want. What you don't want to get into is famcy show driving like at the Morgan or Saddlebred shows. I haven't found pleasure driving to be a hard on the horse sport until you get into the upper levels of cross country and that only gets out of hand when people's competitve juices get flowing and they get too fast in the obstacles. I think where people get a negative idea of driving is in some of the driving classes at Morgan or Saddlebred shows where they want them all high headed and fancy. -- Laree in NC Doppa & Mura Simon, Sadie and Sam (the "S" gang) "Yet when all the books have been read and reread, it boils down to the horse, his human companion, and what goes on between them." - William Farley
