Cookie, the mini, pulling a sled!

Miniature Horse sledding, revisited

I posted this video last year on January 13th, when we had a nice snow that stuck around for a couple days.  I am hoping for snow this coming weekend so I can give it another shot!

I did have to buy a replacement game sled from Amazon, as the old one has quite a few holes.  I did try adding metal poles as runners, which seems to work in the right conditions, but also makes it a lot heavier.  If we get some decent snow this year, maybe I will have to have a side-by-side comparison of the two sleds.  

I have been periodically working with my miniature horse, Cookie, to teach her to drive. She still needs a bit of refinement on important skills such as turning and stopping, but yesterday was a big milestone! Now I look forward to any remaining snow days this year so we can practice a few more times. One horse open sleigh with a mini is a blast!

I think my favorite part is because I am literally on the ground, and the sled and shaft poles are plastic and flexible, this who setup feels super safe.  Even though I spilled out a few times (such as the time she decided to make a dive towards her pasture and sent us twisting upside down the other way), it was a no harm, no foul situation and we were right as rain again in a jiffy! ( How do you like that for lots of folksy idioms?)

For someone else's set up that is very similar to mine, take a look at My One Horse Open Sleigh!