Driving to & from the boarding barn - this is how we do it.

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Driving to & from the boarding barn - this is how we do it.

Postby DJR » Mon Mar 11, 2019 7:47 pm

At the beginning of March, there was an opening at a boarding facility that is literally a 6 minute drive from my house, so I jumped on it. It has a lovely indoor and a grass-ring outside ring that is used for jumping seasonally (it’s buried in snow right now). So, my Third/Fourth level gelding, Jet, is there now along with my daughter’s QH pony, Sawyer.

Once the grass comes in, Jet (who is insulin resistant and needs a dry lot, and the facility only has grassy fields) will come home and my rising 5 yr old Hano/Shire gelding, Finn, will take his place there. I normally *only* board my horses for the winter months, but this place is SO close that I want to keep my foot in the door. For that reason, I’ll keep two there year round now. It gives me access to an indoor and I am welcomed to ship-in with any of my other horses if I want to use the indoor.

Given the proximity, this is how we “drove” there on Sunday!
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That’s Finn hitched up to my marathon carriage. He isn’t in top shape so we did a mixture of walking & trotting to get there. It took us 45 minutes each way. Once he’s in shape, I think we can trot the majority of the trip and whittle it down to 30 min, which is just 5 min longer than the car drive we had to the previous boarding facility!

Once at the facility, we gave Finn a chance to roll and stretch his legs, which he did with glee.
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We had a lovely ride on Jet & Sawyer including a lesson for my daughter with her coach, then we hitched Finn back to the carriage and drove home. My daughter, who is a budding photographer at age 11, took this cool photo of our shadow.
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Fun!

P.S. scroll down to the next post for a cute brother/sister photo :mrgreen:
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Postby DJR » Mon Mar 11, 2019 7:49 pm

This is Finn (big blaze), the same one in the post above who is pulling the carriage, and his full sister, Eowyn (cool sunburst star). She is only 10 mo old and is SO tall already (Finn is around 16.2-16.3h and will probably top out around 17h). They are both a hoot!

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Re: Driving to & from the boarding barn - this is how we do it.

Postby StraightForward » Mon Mar 11, 2019 8:22 pm

That is awesome!
Keep calm and canter on.

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Postby Tarlo Farm » Mon Mar 11, 2019 10:55 pm

That is so cool!

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Postby piedmontfields » Tue Mar 12, 2019 12:58 am

Love it!!! Is the road to the barn very busy/a public road?

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Postby DJR » Tue Mar 12, 2019 2:31 am

piedmontfields wrote:Love it!!! Is the road to the barn very busy/a public road?


It’s a public road, but they are not primary country roads. Rather they are side roads. There is a 3-1/2 km stretch on a busier road, but still nothing to worry about.

Finn is fine with traffic anyway, but I prefer as little traffic as possible.
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Postby Chisamba » Tue Mar 12, 2019 5:34 am

Fabulous!!

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Re: Driving to & from the boarding barn - this is how we do it.

Postby highoctane » Tue Mar 12, 2019 5:31 pm

Your post reminds me how much I want to learn how to drive (and harness)!!

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Postby PaulaO » Wed Mar 13, 2019 1:26 pm

A much funner way to travel to the barn!

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Postby Tuddy » Wed Mar 13, 2019 2:00 pm

wow! so lucky!!!!

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Postby blob » Thu Mar 14, 2019 12:26 am

oh! i love this!

What a good, sweet boy Finn is!

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Postby VBOpie » Thu Mar 14, 2019 5:51 pm

DJR
That is way cool! Lucky you! Finn looks like a great horse!

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Re: Driving to & from the boarding barn - this is how we do it.

Postby quinta » Thu Mar 14, 2019 5:51 pm

This is fantastic! Thanks for sharing.

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Postby Quelah » Fri Mar 22, 2019 2:44 am

that is so cool!!!


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