Every so often, I catch myself passing along a tip to a student—something simple, even offhand—and suddenly I remember exactly where I...

When most people think of exercise and horses, they imagine riding. But driving—working with a horse in harness while guiding from behind...

In the world of equestrian sports, few things capture the harmony between horse and human quite like combined driving. With its blend of...

From City Streets to Competition Fields: My Journey from Commercial Carriage Driver to Professional Combined Driving Trainer When I first...

A Comprehensive Manual for Safe and Successful Harnessing Hooking a horse to a cart is a time-honored practice with roots in agriculture,...

Driving lessons are expensive!! More expensive than riding lessons, and most trainers do not keep lesson horses for students to use in...

Bight of rein safety By Carolyn Aarup, Dakota Winds Farm The “bight” of your reins refers to the excess/loop of your reins between your...

Sweeney Shoulder -What is it? If you’re lucky you’ve never heard of a shoulder sweeney in horses.Sweeney shoulder is caused by damage to...

Every time you interact with your horse you are training him. That means that even if you don't think you are a trainer, you are! You can...

Driving saddles generally have trees just like riding saddles. It's very important that the saddle not be placed too far forward. It will...

Longlining (aka double lungeing) is a training method that has been used for centuries to help teach the horses new skills without the...

I get asked this question a LOT. Recently, my friend in Canada, Carolyn Aarup, summed up this answer perfectly on her Facebook page...

If you’re looking for training to get started driving or to fine tune your skills, I’m available and ready to help. I have opening for 1...

I’ve had quite a few requests for harness parts videos. Today I got around to making a video on the parts of a single Hungarian style...

My mother told me I asked for a pony about 5 minutes after I was born. So I’d say “equine obsessed” is a pretty accurate and simple...

Let me start off by introducing my very good friend, Adam Canaday. Adam, a Journeyman Coach Driver at Colonial Williamsburg, is a very...

The distance between your horses in relation to the pole is determined by the placement of the swingletrees (aka whiffletrees -not sure I...

Here’s some bits from my collection of bits with some brief explanations. This isn’t an all inclusive bit post, as that would take a huge...

Recently I googled "Driving a Carriage Downhill" and found out there are a lot of "how to"s on RIDING downhill, but nothing much on...

Here is a little how-to on putting a pair to a carriage. Planning to drive a pair? First thing I want you to do is find this book and buy...