Training Your Horse to Pull a Cart

What is the first step before starting to drive a horse with a cart?

• Drag weights with the horse

• Start ground driving

• Train the horse to lunge in a round pen

• Attach the cart immediately

How should you position the left line when moving clockwise during long line training?

• Around the horse's neck

• Directly to the cart

• Through the right stirrup

• Through the left stirrup and around the horse's rear

What should you do if your horse is not responding well to verbal cues during ground driving?

• Stop the training immediately

• Increase the pressure on the lines

• Attach the cart to the horse

• Lightly touch the horse's hip with the lunging whip

What is the next step after your horse adapts to ground driving with the harness?

• Attach the cart immediately

• Train the horse to drag weights

• End the training session

• Start lunging again

What should you do if your horse loses confidence when the cart is attached?

• Continue driving the cart

• Increase the speed

• Remove the cart and return to an earlier training stage

• Ignore the horse's reaction