Confirmed

Before Izzy coliced and had to be put down, I had purchased a harness for her in hopes that she would some day be a driving horse. I mean it looks like so much FUN! Obviously that was one of those things never meant to be. The  harness has been sitting on the living room floor, all boxed up and ready to be shipped back for a refund. Then I got Mazy, and while the harness is still in the box on the living room floor, I intend to try it on her if the weather ever decides to cooperate and stop f'ing raining.

The other day I had a moment of complete and total honesty with myself and a friend of mine when the following words came out of my mouth. "In all honesty..... I don't think Izzy was going to make it as a driving horse. Or maybe I should say I had my doubts. She may have, but it was going to take a lot to get her there."   There. I said it. I had my doubts. That was last week. 

Fast forward to this week and I get a text message from a friend of mine who knows horses well and knows nothing of this conversation. "BTW I think this pony might just have a little more potential than Izzy!" 

Great minds think alike much? I just found it odd and amazing at the same time, that we had not spoken in months and this topic had never been discussed between us- or anyone in fact, yet here we are. She was confirming my thoughts from last year and a couple thousand miles between us. 

I was seriously thinking to start Miss Mazy in harness before I start riding her. My friend had started one of hers in harness and drove the horse for 5 years before getting on him. Nothing wrong with that. She had also had the horse dragging stuff all over the yard and had even put him to a plow before ever putting him to a cart. When the day came to finally put him to a cart- they went down the road to a neighbor/trainers place and to his surprise and chagrin- everyone survived the whole ordeal.  

I'm looking for things my pony can pull and drag around. We should have a nicely groomed arena when I'm done. No reason she can't drag it and help make it nice for everyone. When it comes time to put her to a cart, she should have everything nailed down. Here's hoping anyways.