| Author | Message | ||
     Mike Watts Member Username: Mikew Post Number: 161 Registered: 01-2007 |
Sam, your nearest driving trials clubs are Windsor Park www.wpec.org.uk and East Anglian www.eacdg.co.uk Indoor season starts soon - you can find the events at http://www.indoordriving.co.uk/events.php | ||
| Sam H Member Username: Jazzyb Post Number: 44 Registered: 01-2012 |
Hi All Thank you or the replies. Is anyone able to point me in the direction of my local club? I am near Watford Hertfordshire. Also I was referring to the weight that pony pairs have to pull and not the singles. I have just purchased a new carriage which weighs approx. 140kg and this has extending axels. Many thanks Sam | ||
| Fiona Powell Member Username: Fionap Post Number: 319 Registered: 03-2007 |
Hello, Sam, as James says, it's a good idea to check with your local club about the suitability of your vehicle. Many clubs now have small pony classes and may stipulate a different weight although it is unusual to get any three-phase four-wheeler much under 125kgs. (I have never been to a club event where my carriage has been weighed.) Yes, the weight of the carriage is just the carriage itself with shafts or pole. (Beware, some manufacturers specify the weight without the shafts/pole!) Another factor is the rear trackwidth, which should not be less than 125cms for marathon (and indoor driving) and 138cms for dressage/cones, pony singles and multiples - measure to the outside of the rear wheel or track at ground level. The BC rules are used by most affiliated clubs for most of their events but we all want to encourage newcomers. Do talk to your local club's Secretary as he/she is best placed to help you. Please let us know how you get on? | ||
| Rene Schoop Member Username: Rene Post Number: 184 Registered: 11-2010 |
If you would like more advise,you can phone me anytime on 07850-385-499 about the different weights of carriages RENESCHOOP.CO.UK | ||
| James Binns Member Username: Jamesb Post Number: 39 Registered: 12-2008 |
Check with your local driving club, if you do club events you don't have to be up to weight. But check anyway. | ||
| Vicky Brennan Member Username: Vicky_brennan Post Number: 69 Registered: 07-2012 |
90Kg for a single pony - and if you want a "3 phase" carriage which means it has extending axles for the dressage and cones phase - oh and back brakes - for a pony around 13.3 for example (so not the smallest) - then it will come in at around 125kg minimum - the more things you add ie front brakes, delayed steering, turntable brake etc then the more it will weigh ... hope that helps  | ||
| Sam H Member Username: Jazzyb Post Number: 43 Registered: 01-2012 |
Hi All I am interested in giving the world of outdoor driving a whirl so I have been completing some research. Well to start with I must say the rule book provided a lot of bed time reading. ;-) After reading the rule book it left me some what deflated on giving the outdoor trials a go. It states that a carriage for a pony pair must weigh 225kg! I presume that this is excluding driver and groom? As a pony is classed as anything under 148cm (14.2hh) and states that there is no lower height for a pony, then a pair of 10hh shetlands (or smaller) is expected to pull the same weight as a pair of 14hh ponies? Am I the only one thinking that this is not fair? Not only on the small ponies pulling all this weight, but also on the drivers competing little ponies against a pair of large ponies? I do not enter events to win I do it for the fun, love and experience for me and my ponies, but there is no way I would expect my ponies to pull a carriage of 225kg plus me (larger sized lady) and a groom. I am hoping that I have misread something somewhere along the line and hoping that someone can shed some more light upon this subject? Many thanks Sam |