Michael Wakefield-
Michael Wakefield grew up on a farm in Southern Minnesota entirely powered by horses. They had 12 head of draft horses of different sizes for the many different jobs to be done; large 17 hand Shires for the plow and disc; smaller Belgians for the mower and hay rake and a nice leggy team of Percherons to haul the grain wagon to town. By age nine Michael could harness and hitch a team of five to the grain binder and do a day's work. He became interested in buggies and carriage driving in the 1970's and has since been studying and honing his craft; competing, teaching, training and breeding driving horses. For the past 14 years Michael has driven the stagecoach for Wells Fargo Bank, and appears in parades all over the Northwest.
-Re-schooling the Riding Horse to Drive in Demo Area 3.
Learn to evaluate your riding equine as a candidate for training to drive. This session will be a step by step approach to training, based on 50+ years of experience training driving horses and mules. Many riders and horses experience injuries or age related problems that limit riding. Often the horse will stand up to driving which is less demanding on the back and legs, and driving allows the horseman to enjoy his horse when riding has to be limited.
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