TIME spent training a horse to load is never time wasted.

Naturally, horses like to be where they can see clearly in a large area around them because the horse is a prey animal that depends on flight as its primary means of survival. Horse owners have to bear this in mind when asking a horse to load into a horsebox or lorry. Dark, narrow and unfamiliar spaces can be off-putting for the horse. But, with patient training and preparation, horses will learn to load.