Deciding on how to transport your horse or horses can be sometime difficult, weighing up the pro's and con's is different for everyone's own individual circumstances.

Here are a few options:

• Horse Trailer
• 3.5 Tonne Horsebox
• 7.5 Tonne Horsebox
• HGV Horsebox

First, you need to know what driving licence entitlements you hold.

If you passed your car driving test before 1997 you should have automatically received your entitlements to tow a trailer, drive a 3.5 tonne vehicle, drive a 7.5 tonne lorry and drive a minibus.

If you passed your car driving test after 1st January 1997 then you have a licence to drive a car... that's it! Your car licence entitles you to drive a vehicle up to 3.5 tonne, so you can drive a 3.5 tonne horsebox. To use any of the other options you'll need to take an additional driving test.

Horse Trailer

The horse trailer is a good option if you have a pre 1997 licence. Towing a trailer is considerably cheaper to run than a horsebox. A horsebox has a lot of running costs, such as; road tax, insurance, MOT and if you don't use it at least once a week then it spends way to much time just sat there costing you money.
Towing a trailer means you only need to run one vehicle, but a horse trailer towing vehicle really wants to be a 4x4, which aren't usually very economical, so if you do a lot of none towing miles, like taking the kids to school, commuting to work or whatever, then they can be expensive to run.

If you passed your driving test post 1997, then, to tow most trailers you're required to take the additional B+E car & trailer driving test.