Hi,
I have recently purchased a Dartmoor hill pony. She is currently still out on Dartmoor and will be brought in during the hill pony drive at the beginning on October. She is a wild pony and although she will have had a week of handling by the time I collect her, she will still be pretty feral.
I was planning on collecting her in my Ifor williams 510 trailer. The size of the trailer is fab for my big 16.2 warmblood, although my little pony will be tiny in it. I was planning on travelling her loose, seeing she will most likely not be used to tying up. It will be quite a long journey (about 3 hours). I am worried about traveling her loose as do I remove the partition completely? I have a full width breast bar, although, it's to high to actually do anything. I am worried about travelling her in a completely empty trailer. Can you get a adapter bit to make the breast bar lower, does such a thing exist?
I want to make it as stress free as possible, but want to do it safely. I had thought about hiring a horse box instead or having a transport company deliver her, although this works out pretty expensive.
Any suggestions welcomed.
Thanks for reading.
Emily