USEF Announces 2015 Equestrian of the Year Nominees

…or for driving performance in non-international competitions. Misdee Wrigley Miller has always been passionate about driving and has competed with many different breeds including American Saddlebreds, Arabian, Friesian, Hackney Horse,…

Dressage Associations

associations and chapters. United States Equestrian Federation Dedicated to promoting equestrian sport in the United States, from the grass roots level to the Olympic Games. Find information about the various…

So Many Ways to Play

…year at the end of July in Lexington’s Kentucky Horse Park (www.breyerfest.com). Clubs. Many youth groups?including 4-H, Pony Club, and some breeds’ youth branches?don’t require horse ownership in order to…

The Actress And The Carriage Horse

…with dedicated service. In 1974 I learned of the plight of Central Park carriage horses. This was before the days of animal rights. But I decided to help these overworked…

Research on Welfare of Carriage Horses

…of the work performed by tourism carriage horses and their physiological, hematological and blood biochemistry implications was performed by researchers in Santiago, Chile. Ten tourism carriage horses were studied under…

Arena Driving Trials 101

The simplest version of Combined Driving seems to confuse even the most experienced competitors and organizers. The simple truth about them is that they are simple. Of course, the rules…

Postcard: Gladstone Driving Event 2003

…who did so (in a way) is Barbara Weir, whose husband Jack used to run Gladstone. Barbara wrote a mystery novel about carriage driving called “The Fifth Wheel,” and it’s…