Our Shetlands are 38" or under so they use the same driving carts our B size minis use.
We have a Jerald Cart that was used for our 13-14H ponies that we are going to be selling.
I need to know if this cart would be appropiate for larger Shetlands.
The reason I am not sure about it is because Jerald no longer makes this size cart, but it was called a "Cob" size when they did. I guess designed for big ponies or small horses. If someone wanted a cart like this it would be a custom order. The shafts on the cart are 80" long. Editing to clarify this....Jerald now only makes mini shafts at 46" or 49" then 74" for ponies then it jumps to 88" for horses, so 80" is custom and used to be sold as a "cob size".
The wheels are 26 inches (Jerald sells mini carts with 20" or 24" wheels and 26" for the ponies. I do have a pony viceroy with 26" wheels that works fine with both my A and B minis, but I had the pony shafts taken off and mini shafts put on.)
This cart is definitely more heavy duty than the mini carts and wider. The seat is 3-4" wider and longer than the seat on my Jeralds.
It was professionally refurbished several years ago by Jerald and has one of the original vintage canvas Jerald covers that tie instead of velcro.
But back to my specific question, would this cart be the right size for bigger Shetlands? If you drive a bigger Shetland, what size cart are you using now? Does this compare to yours or is it too big?
I don't want to misrepresent this cart so I want to know if it would work for the bigger Shetlands. It worked just fine for our ponies, but even though they are in the pony height range, in my opinion they are more like small horses. I haven't paid a lot of attention to the Shetlands that are bigger because at shows those classes are the only time I have a break.
It is a beautiful cart and we should probably hold on to it in case we need it in the future but we've had it stored for a couple of years and have barely used it and since we have sold our ponies that used it we decide we might as well sell the cart and harnesses too.
I should have taken a picture of it next to my mini carts but I didn't think of that until now.
Here is the cart.
We have a Jerald Cart that was used for our 13-14H ponies that we are going to be selling.
I need to know if this cart would be appropiate for larger Shetlands.
The reason I am not sure about it is because Jerald no longer makes this size cart, but it was called a "Cob" size when they did. I guess designed for big ponies or small horses. If someone wanted a cart like this it would be a custom order. The shafts on the cart are 80" long. Editing to clarify this....Jerald now only makes mini shafts at 46" or 49" then 74" for ponies then it jumps to 88" for horses, so 80" is custom and used to be sold as a "cob size".
The wheels are 26 inches (Jerald sells mini carts with 20" or 24" wheels and 26" for the ponies. I do have a pony viceroy with 26" wheels that works fine with both my A and B minis, but I had the pony shafts taken off and mini shafts put on.)
This cart is definitely more heavy duty than the mini carts and wider. The seat is 3-4" wider and longer than the seat on my Jeralds.
It was professionally refurbished several years ago by Jerald and has one of the original vintage canvas Jerald covers that tie instead of velcro.
But back to my specific question, would this cart be the right size for bigger Shetlands? If you drive a bigger Shetland, what size cart are you using now? Does this compare to yours or is it too big?
I don't want to misrepresent this cart so I want to know if it would work for the bigger Shetlands. It worked just fine for our ponies, but even though they are in the pony height range, in my opinion they are more like small horses. I haven't paid a lot of attention to the Shetlands that are bigger because at shows those classes are the only time I have a break.
It is a beautiful cart and we should probably hold on to it in case we need it in the future but we've had it stored for a couple of years and have barely used it and since we have sold our ponies that used it we decide we might as well sell the cart and harnesses too.
I should have taken a picture of it next to my mini carts but I didn't think of that until now.
Here is the cart.
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