Its a little different as it does not turn very well. The skiis just cut into the ground if you try to do a sharpish turn. You just have to do really wide turns, thats all! It feels pretty neat as it is an original cutter (it was just restored and repainted last year) and you can feel the wood boards shifting underneath you as you go along. Its a really cool feeling! And its so light! I can move it easily with one hand. I drove him for about 30 mins and he wasnt even breathing hard and he didnt sweat on little bit! His carriage is much heavier and I need 2 hands to move it anywhere.

There are not many original cutters left as they dont have much of a purpose now. There are not many competitions with them either as you never know what the weather will be like and its so hard to organize around it. Last year the snow was terrible and it was so icy we were not even able to use it as it was too dangerous. We have it for fun. When the weather is nice and theres some snow I will go for a cutter ride. My mother-in-law bought it at an auction (at Barkeys) 2 years ago and she had it restored last year. We had to wait for a year to use it though as it was way too icy last year to even try it out! This year looks like so far, it will be a good year for cutter rides!

Diamond_Jubilee, great photos! My boyfriend and I seen you and your pony at the Royal, we were just making our way in as they were pinning the class, but you were lined up on our end of the arena. You certainly can't miss your boy with his stockings, he looked great!