Carriage Driving Looks Like Fun…How Do I Get Started?

Easiest Method – Learn First!
- Find experienced carriage drivers to mentor you.
- Talk to competitors at the carriage shows (when they aren’t getting ready for a class)
- Ask them about their horse and carriage and why they chose them
- Join American Driving Society and the Carriage Association of America
- Publications
- Resources
- Join a driving club in your area
- Join Carriage Driving Facebook Groups
- Beginning Carriage Driving
- Carriage Driving Classifieds
- Carriage Driving Online
- CDE & Pleasure Driving
- et al
- Find an instructor
- Look for someone who drives like you want to drive.
- Draft and breed show drivers harness and drive differently than carriage drivers
- Look for someone who drives at the level to which you aspire!
- If you want to compete, find an instructor who competes themselves.
- Even a couple of lessons can be extremely beneficial if you can’t schedule or afford consistent lessons
- The instructor can start you safely and properly so you don’t develop unsafe, bad habits.
- Drive their experienced horses so you know how it is supposed to feel.
- Take the information from your trusted mentors to purchase safe & proper equipment
- In carriage driving, You Get What You Pay For! (“Buy Quality, Cry Once”)
- Look for someone who drives like you want to drive.
- Talk to competitors at the carriage shows (when they aren’t getting ready for a class)
More Independent Method
- Purchase a good book(s) (my favorites)
- “Essential Guide to Carriage Driving” (I consider this Carriage Driving 101; available from us)
- “Carriage Driving – A Logical Approach Through Dressage Training” (102)
- Tags: Driving Lessons Lessons Training
- Myrna Rhinehart
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