We had the Vanner Stallion who had been driven at Gypsy fairs , but we had no cart or harness .
I was very proud when i bought my very first cart and harness , i had a horse that was said to be bomb proof driving and i had all i needed to go out on a summers day , the only thing i didnt have was knowlage .
Many Gypsy stallion are born in harness and pull carts as soon as they are old enough , as i said i had all i needed but really needed a teacher to show me .
all sat in front of me , horse , harness and cart , i was itching to have a go so i did ! if you dont know harness it is a very big tangle of leather , the only thing to do was to put it on the horse and then work out what went where , the collar was easy as were the driving reins , having got them in place we had to work out what bit of leather did up to the right buckles , buckles done up we then had to attach the cart , with all in place and making sure the cart could not come away from the horse i asked my friend to jump on the cart with me , the answer was NO!!!!, I had faith in my vanner stallion as he was such a gent so i climbed abord and drove him through the village , all was well until we had to turn around in a very tight corner , for 20 mins i had him back up and step forward so many times , at this point many horses would have got very cross but he did as i told him -back and forth to the point i thought i was going to have to take the cart and harness off , we got there in the end and trotted home me thinking how clever i was , I cant speak more high about the kind and forgiving nature of these Gypsy horses , this stallion is now one of Gypsy Mvp’s super stars .