I want a horse drawn carriage

sillylilykitty

Today my apartment place has a horse drawn carriage (by 2 Clydesdales <3) with sleigh bells going around our neighborhoods (all owned by the same people). IT'S DRIVING ME NUTS! In a good way (sorta). I don't have the money to go for a ride on it and all I wanna do is pet the horses! Everytime they pass by (I hear them) I jump up to get a look at those beautiful horses. I'm guessing there are 2 carriages because the road is too long for them to go by so often.

Clydesdales are my second favorite horse breed (first being the Shires).

I have been on a horse drawn carriage once before (1 Clydesdale was pulling it) and it was fun. Has anyone been in a horse drawn carriage? Or even better, anyone ever ride a Clydesdale or any other draft horse breed?

digits mama

I rode one in New Orleans a few times....I love to ride it in city park during the christmas light celebration. It is simply beautiful..And during the day ride one around the old french quarters. The horses werent clydesdales though.

Shaina

I don't know if it counts, but I rode in an Amish buggy once, many many years ago...

One of these days I'm going to make it out to my better half's cousins'. I have a standing invitation to ride their Belgian, which of course isn't as *huge* and flashy as a Clydesdale, but would still be fun...I've mostly ridden Arabians and half-Arabians in the past, so it will probably seem big and steady to me haha

My personal *dream horse* is an Andalusian and/or a Friesian...though I will always love the Arabian personality...I've just spent too long learning to love it I think haha. I freely admit I know very little about Friesian personalities, so I shouldn't get one without some serious education...they are just gorgeous in an entirely different way than the Arabian

Renoman

I rode a Percheron once. He was so huge I had a problem getting my legs around him.

He was a sweetheart. Very smooth gait. Sitting up there on top of him I felt like I was on top of the world.

sillylilykitty

Haha, thats so cool. I had to learn a few of the more common breeds for my Large Animal class in school. I learned Belgians are the tallest of the draft breeds and the Percheron is the shortest stockiest of the draft breeds.

I like the draft breeds because they are so calm, and being so big I'm glad they're so calm!

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Cassie Nova

When I visited Neuschwanstein, it was pouring down rain and it's a long hike up and down to the castle. We took a horse drawn carriage going down and I will be forever thankful for those horses! It was freezing and as I said, pouring down rain....the ride was nice!

Katzyn

HELLO?! You didn't get pictures?!

I'm so jealous! ;_; They don't even plow the roads here, much less bring through a horse-drawn carriage. ;_;

Renoman

If I remember my 'horse talk' correctly - the draft breeds are the 'cold blooded' horses. - generally very calm, quiet horses. Not too much rattles them.

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