We've got Kate here today
She's a novice driver; I think she's driven
now
3 or 4 times? She's got her own horse over being broken so
what we're going to do is just show you what she can do with the pony
See he's got a nice head carriage, he's just walking along.
Now if you tell him to trot when you're ready.
"Trot".
So we're at trot now, now I want you to pitch your voice up and tell him to
trot on. Louder - trot on.
You can hear him now a different beat going, yes?
Now I want you to cover that front brake but don't push it, shorten your reins up,
and do an emergency stop now - back to a halt.
That's it.
Ok, walk. So there's a nice emergency stop
done by Kate there.
Here's old Rob coming up with his digger on the back, makes a rattly noise.
Ready to go? Trot.
Nice working trot, now tell him to trot on, little tap, that's it. You can hear the note of him
going faster, the sound of his feet, now bring him back to a walk.
Steady, steady.
Walk. Now tell him trot.
Trot. That's lovely.
Ok take him up to canter then.
Tell him to canter,
now bring him back - trot. Lovely.
So this is only my third time on the reins I suppose,
I'm a rider but definitely not a driver.
Watch him move look, watch him turn.
Come round, come round.
Nice turn.
So let him go again, just tell him to trot. Well done.
So the purpose of putting Kate on the reins today
is to give you confidence in your pony, as I say its her third, fourth time
I think,
she's driven so
you know that's lovely,
little pony just doing as he's told, and
more importantly it's not the fourth time that she's driven this pony its the
very first time she's driven this pony,
so, just to give you confidence in what the pony can do and what you can do with him, alright?