A few years back, Jo and I wrote articles for Carriage Driving Magazine called "From Hill To Harness".  In these articles, we explained how we, at Thordale Stud, trained Shetland ponies taken from the wild to eventually pull a cart, either in pairs or in singles.

I will see if I can locate them, put them into a PDF form for download and you can read them if you are interested.

Part 1 - Introduction

Part 2 - Trust and Body Language

Part 3 - Lungeing and Voice Commands

Part 4 - Long-reining

Part 5 - Introducing the Cart

Part 6 - Putting To

Part 7 - Putting To and Getting In!

Part 8 - Trotting ...

Part 9 - Controlled Transitions and Gaits

Part 10 - In-hand on the Road

Part 11 - Going Out and About

Part 12 - Good Manners when in Company

Part 13 - Criticism and Problems

Part 14 - Thinking about Pairs

Part 15 - Training your Pair