The Florida Spring Fling Combined Driving Event (CDE) played host to the 2020 USEF Preliminary Combined Driving National Championships and the exciting competition that unfolded at the Florida Horse Park. Four preliminary divisions had athletes take home their national...
The American Morgan Horse Association (AMHA) welcomed nearly 1,000 Morgan horses to the 2019 Grand National and World Championship Morgan Horse Show. Held at the State Fair Park in Oklahoma City, Okla., October 12-19, the best of the breed...
Jennifer Thompson, of Lodi, Wis., and her driving horse, Funnominial CG, added the title of "national champion" to their resume in the 2019 USEF Advanced Single Horse Combined Driving National Championship at the Katydid CDE. Thompson’s strong dressage test...
Bring your family and friends to Equine Affaire Massachusetts this fall to enjoy the ultimate equestrian experience. On November 7-10, 2019, Equine Affaire returns to the Eastern States Exposition in West Springfield, Mass., for its annual four-day celebration of...
Draft horses are commonly associated with draft driving and heavy harness work. Here’s a quick overview of draft horse driving terminology, including different hitches:Team: two horses hitched side by side
Tandem: two horses, one in front of the...
Leslie Berndl and Sweetwater’s Zorah Belle, shown here at the 2016 Kentucky Classic CDE, were last year’s Single Pony champions at Live Oak International CDE. They’re back to defend their title this year.Snow and ice are set to take...
Looking for something new in the world of equestrian sports? Something challenging? Fun? Something described as "fast, furious, and very skillful”? Consider the sport of scurry driving, an equestrian competition uncommon in the U.S. but gaining steady footing (hoofing?)...
Imagine a Sunday drive through a vineyard: the clippity clop of little hooves as you trot along, able to easily maneuver places a full-sized horse and cart could never venture. For champion Miniature Horse trainer Bryce Baker and his...
My family has a long history with carriage horses. My grandfather had a barn full of them. Once he drove his two favorite horses (Percheron work horses, Benny and Betty) all the way from his farm in New Jersey...
The sport of driving is all about horse power, which can come in all different shapes, sizes and colors.
"The beauty of this sport is that a good driving horse can be any breed, but what sets a successful driving...
