Educational Articles - Driving & Training

Driving & Training a Carriage Horse

We have been driving carriage horses for over 30 years.  We started by training our own horses, and have learned a whole lot, both good and bad, along the way.  We have worked hard at learning more and improving our techniques.

Also, don't miss our entertaining articles on training in our Blog!

Here is our collection of articles we have authored about driving your horse.

Pyramid of Training (Dressage Pyramid) - Every equestrian should be familiar with the Dressage Pyramid from USDF

Why We Put To in the Open (an educational editorial)

Let Go!  Working on the Release  - It's easy to teach someone to "hang on".  It's much harder to teach them to "let go".

FAQ About Carriage Driving - history of carriage driving and reasoning behind practices

The Courteous Driver (at any driving event) 

Carriage Driving Acronyms - the carriage driving world is full of acronyms.  Here is a "cheat sheet".

Cones! - starting your horse in obstacles and strategies for driving cones.

ADS Videos

Driven Dressage - The Basics - webinar with Shelly Temple

Pair Driving - webinar with Hardy Zantke

Conditioning the Driving Horse - webinar with Rich Forfa, DVM

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