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Horse Driving & Training Books
From starting your horse and bombproofing, to advanced multiples turnouts, IVC Carriage has all the essential books to get started on the right "hoof" safely, including the popular Essential Guide to Carriage Driving! Other books on general horse training, too!
Driving & Training Books

Essential Guide to Carriage Driving
$24.95
Robyn Cuffey and Jaye-Allison Winkel. 155 pages. 350 illustrations. Paperback. 15 chapters offering information on several types of driving, selection of the necessary components, safety, putting to, sleighing, and multiple hitches. Final chapter contains resources for carriage driving. Good book for novice drivers looking for a starting place,...
The Traditional Turnout

The Traditional Turnout
$25.95
Gloria Austin. 108 pages. 8.5 x 0.28 x 8.5 inches. Paperback. In the past, horse drawn carriages were a major form of conveyance. Just as vehicles on the road today serve specific purposes, so did the many carriages that were used. Each carriage was turned out to suit the specific use of that carriage. The horse, harness, appointments and eve...

Midwest Tandem Driving Clinic
$24.95
Mary Ruth Marks. 21 page booklet. Bound. Mary Ruth has gathered an abundance of articles and her own information and drawings. She uses this as a guide when giving tandem clinics. Helps you identify parts necessary to put together a safe tandem turnout. One of the few resources available that is totally devoted to tandem driving. A must for any...

Glossary of Harness Parts
$4.95
Gloria Austin. 32 pages. Paperback. This book is a compiled list of commonly used terms for the various components of harnessing. Very helpful in learning the parts of the horse harness and their purpose. Includes terms used in various other forms of horse driving that may be conflated with terms used in carriage driving.
On the Box Seat

On the Box Seat
$24.95
Tom Ryder. Fifth Edition, Revised. 125 pages, softcover. Classic comprehensive carriage driving manual, On The Box Seat, is a must-have for drivers at every stage of their driving education. Chapters include: Schooling the Horse to Harness Single Harness, a Description of the Parts and their Uses Driving in Single Harness Double HarnessFour-in-...