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Art of Driving
Max Pape. The
principals of driving a single horse and team. Addressing harness and
vehicles. 232 pages. Hardcover 7 ¼
X 9 ¾" Now out of print,
but I found a copy in very good condition.
$100 + $11 s/h |
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Drive On! Productions Muffy Seaton and Gerry Pearson, presents six
DVDs
Bending the Driving Horse $35
Combined Driving 101 $39
Turnout and Presentation, An introduction to... $39
3 in 1 DVD with the 3 topics above for
$100 |
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Drive On! Productions with Muffy Seaton also presents on DVD
Harness Hitching 101
$39 and
Navigating 101 $39 |
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The Best of the
Whip - now in 2 parts. Volume One has 12 articles in 236 pages, plus the editor's choice
and Volume Two has 15 articles in 188 pages, plus the editor's choice. Both
books contain valuable information, size of each book is 8
½ X 11"
$19.95 Each. Please
specify Vol. 1 or Vol. 2 or Both for $38 |
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Breaking a Horse to Harness
Sallie Walrond. Sallie is one of
the worlds best authors of carriage driving books. This step by step
guild offers advise on lungeing, long-reining, safety, road training also covers the parts of the harness, explaining the fit and purpose
and bits. 136 pages. 7
¾
X 10" Hardcover.
$45.00 |
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Breaking and Training the Driving Horse
Doris Ganton.
One of the
best books to help you learn about driving and to train the light driving
horse and fitting harness. Photos & Illustrations 85 pages. Soft cover. 8 ½
X 11"
$15.00 Book $39.95 DVD $36 + $7 s/h |
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Care
and Repair of Harness
Robert H. Steinke. This is a photographic
guide to cleaning, storing and basic repairs of light driving harness. All in color! 24 pages,
soft cover 7 ¼
X 9 ¾".
$14.95 |
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Carriage Driving Classic Edition, A Logical Approach Through Dressage
Training Heike Bean and Sara Blanchard - the bible of carriage driving,
now back in print by popular demand. A definitive book on training the
driving horse, and will take the novice beginner to any level of driving.
This book focuses on building a strong physical, mental, and emotional
relationship with your horse. Offers the basics on selecting the right
harness, bit, collar to ground training, hitching, handling reins, lateral
and longitudinal bend and so much more for pleasure and competition driving.
Soft cover with over 269 pages, 6 X 9 ¼"
$29.99 |
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Carriage Turnouts
edited by Tom Ryder. New
from the Carriage Association of America this informative booklet
describe the colors, materials, styles of harness and types of horses that
are considered appropriate for different carriages based on the best
traditions of the closing years of the horse-drawn era. Turnout also
included the driver and other occupants of the carriage and the clothes they
wear depending on the season, local climate and condition of terrain that
might affect the style of harness and clothing considered suitable for the
occasion. 70 pages, 5 ½
x 8 1/2½"
$20 |
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Clay
Maier has a series of 4 DVD sets to help you work and train your horses
to drive. Because there are several of these I wanted to include them as a
group instead of alphabetically by title. He is using Frisians in these
training tapes. The first is:
1. Introduction to Long Reins
"Long reining, long lining or ground driving" a training technique by
different names. This works well for young horses and the older horse.
$67 2 DVD set $6 s/h r
order any two sets for $130 + $8 s/h |
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2.
Advanced Long Reining "A great follow-up to the Introduction to Long
Reins. Learn how and why lateral movement taught from the ground can be a
benefit to your horse."
$67 2 DVD set + $6 s/h or order any two sets for $130 + $8 s/h |
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3.
Tandem Riding "Expand your horsemanship skills and the relationships
with your horses with the challenge and fun of tandem riding. And find out
what to look for in horses and equipment."
$67 2 DVD set + $6 s/h |
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4.
Train Your Horse To
Drive "An easy-to-understand, safe, thorough system for training your
horse to pull a carriage. Also included, tips on selecting your first
carriage." $67 - 2 DVD
set + $6 s/h or order any two sets for $130 + $8 s/h or all four sets for
$250 + $10 s/h |
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Coachmaker: The Life and times of Philip Godsal 1747-1826,
John Ford This is the first modern book on a
fascinating luxury trade which was also a social and domestic history of
life in Regency England. Philip Godsal was one of the 3 leading coach
makers, this book is possible because of the detailed records he kept of his
business and personal life. 248 pages, Hardcover with dust jacket, 9 x 11".
$100 + $10 s/h |
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Competition
Carriage Driving.
H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh.
One of the best books on the Combined Driving Events covering the FEI Rules,
horses, bridles, bits, harness, carriages, driver, grooms, training and the
three phases of the events, with information on organizing an event,
timekeeping and the score sheet. 127 pages, Hard cover 10 X 8 ½ " $45.00 |
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Competition Carriage Driving on a Shoestring
Jinny Johnson A book
for the novice to introduce them to the carriage driving before you make the
investment into this sport. 112 pages, soft cover 6 X 9", black & white
photos and illustrations.
$22.95
This may be out of print. |
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Competition Vehicles.
Out of print but I found a copy and should have it soon
$95
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Dictionary for Carriage
Driving Hans A . Krasensky
All information and terminology is in German, English,
French, Italian and Spanish. Incredible illustrations on the harness
parts, equipment for single, pair, tandem, random and four in hand;
vehicle construction, technical terms and items for driving
competitions. A perfect book for translations of the carriage and
harness parts. Great for instructors, judges and translators - or anyone
traveling to other countries where English is not the only language.
This is a hard cover book - 223 pages 11
¾ x 8 ¼"
$44.95 + $10 s/h
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Drive On
Doris Ganton.
Doris started with "Breaking and Training the Driving Horse", now this book takes the
driver into the show ring with different breeds of horses including the:
Arabian, Morgan, Hackney, Standardbred, Roadster, American Saddle Horse,
Appaloosa, Pinto, POA, Shetland, and Welsh horses and what is the proper
turnout for each breed. 180 pages, 6 X 9"
$15.00 |
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Driven Dressage.
Lawrence E. Poulin.
Larry, many times National Pairs Driving Champion, explains what you
need to do to properly perform a winning dressage test.
The VHS has being reformatted to DVD and is now
available!
$39.95 + $5 s/h |
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Driven Dressage with the Single Horse
Sandy Rabinowitz. Over 70 pages well illustrated to help with
improving your dressage performance, tests, gaits, transitions, and much
more. 9" X 12" One of the best books for driving a single horse.
$25.00 |
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Driving
Anne
Norris and Caroline Douglas. A photographic Guide to show proper
way to hold the reins and whip in hand. 24 pages, soft cover. 7 ¼ X 9 ¾". Many full color
photos.
$12.00 |
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Driving a Harness Horse,
Sallie Walrond. Author
of many books on driving, Sallie shares her knowledge on how to place and
fit light driving harness, properly "put to" a vehicle and so much
more. She goes from holding the reins
to showing. 192 pages, Hardcover, 7 ½ X 10"
$45.00 |
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Driving a Tandem. Paul Doliueux All you ever wanted or needed
to know about driving a tandem from carts, carriages, harness, putting to
and moving off, terminology, lungeing & schooling the horses, to driving
with one hand and two handed. Also chapters on Randem driving; FEI
driving trials in Dressage, Marathon and Obstacles. 1554 pages, Hardcover,
10 X 7
¾".
$49.95 |
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Driving and Judging Dressage
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh An interpretation of the FEI Rules for
dressage and the problems facing the drivers and judges. While driven
dressage is derived from ridden dressage, there are many differences that
need to be addressed. 6 x 9" soft cover, 63 pages. $24.95 |
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Driving Certificate
a 2 part video following the training guidelines of the Federation Equestre
Nationale (FN) A training video for the beginning driver. Part 1 the driving
horse, vehicles, harness, bridles, bits, reins, whips and basic training.
Part 2 gets more into the training and driving in the dressage arena, use of
the whip, different kinds of harness, use of reins and four-in-hand harness. $49.95
for 2 VHS tapes 100 minutes
20% off Sale on VHS tapes in stock - one left $39.96
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Driving Do's and Don'ts
$14.95 |
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Driving Horse-Drawn Carriages for Pleasure
Francis T. Underhill. General information in Appointments, Coaching,
four-in-hand, tandem, driving, clothing, bits and so much more. Many
Black & White photos to identity a variety of vehicles. Over 164 pages, soft
cover, 5
½ X 8
½"
$15.95 |
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Driving Horse Photo Album Robert
A. Mischka This is an awesome collection of over 300 color photos taken
at some of the top competitions and competitors at the CDEs in 2004 & 2005.
Forward by Hardy Zantke. This is not a whos - who in the driving world but
it does include many of the well know drivers and their horses. Hard cover
167 pages 9 x 11" $39
+ $9 s/h Priority |
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Driving Questions Answered
$14.95 |
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Encyclopedia of
Carriage Driving Sally Walrond This book contains
valuable information on every aspect of driving for pleasure and
competition. Includes full details on the handling of the whip and reins for
single, pair, tandem and team driving, types of harness, kinds of vehicles
and historical figures. International. Hardcover with dust jacket, 316 pages
7 x 10
¼" $39.99 |
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The Essential Guide to Carriage
Driving Robyn Cuffey & Jaye-Allison Winkel. A bran new
book covering topics from selection and fitting of harness and vehicles to
preparing for competition and driving multiples. 350 photos & diagrams. 148
pages 8 ¼
X 10 ½" Soft cover. The Video is Horse and Cart for $32
$24.95 also accompanying
video Horse & Cart in VHS or DVD $32.00 |
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A Guide to Driving Horses
Sallie Walrond A good introduction to driving single horse, pairs and
tandem, vehicle types and training. 136 pages Soft cover 5 ¼
x 8 ¼"
$7.00 |
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Harnessing Up
Anne Norris & Caroline Douglas.
A Photographic Guide showing through color photos on how to put on a full
collar, single harness, bridle, rein adjustments, fitting a breast collar
crupper, breeching, parts of the harness, and parts of the vehicle. 24
pages, soft cover, 7 ¼
X 9 ¾" $14.95 - this
is now out of print buy I can still find a few |

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Hitch
up and Drive
3 VHS tapes for Competition Driving:
Part 1 concerns the training of the
young horse with double lunge and first time hitching single and as a pair.
$39.95
Part 2
concerns the driver
including Achenbach. $39.95
Part 3
has useful tips from some of
the top German drivers. Running time is 46, 55 and 55 minutes.
$39.95
$39.95 + $6 s/h each or all
three for $115 + $10 s/h 20% off Sale on VHS tapes in
stock - one set $92.00
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Horse
& Cart VHS with Robyn Cuffey author of Essential Guide to
Carriage Driving ($24.95). This video offers tips on selecting affordable and
safe combinations of beginners' cart and lightweight breast-collar driving
harness for a single horse. How to adjust harness and then hitch to the
cart's shafts and how to drive safely on the road.
$32.00 DVD
$32 VHS - one
left at 20% discount = $25.60 |
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Horse Behavior Problems
Questions & Answers, Owen Brumbaugh. A small but very good book
offering simple advise on how to correct some of your horse's problems in or
out of harness. 48 pages, soft cover 5 ⅛ X 8 ¼"
$5.00 |
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Judging Carriage Driving
Sallie Walrond
L.H.H.I. Sallie explains the judging procedure of every class including
carts, coaches, mountain & moorland, donkeys, junior whips, disabled driver
and horse driving trials in the America, Australia, New Zealand, UK
and Europe. 118 pages, soft cover. 6 X 9 ¼".
$24.95 |
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Make the Most of Carriage Driving
Vivian & Richard Ellis and Joy Claxton A very good guide for
beginners. It compares the various single horse vehicles, harness types,
driving single, pairs and various multiple hitches turn-outs, trace ends and
a whole lot more! 178 pages soft cover 9 x 6" by J. A. Allen & Co $22.95 |
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Manual of
Coaching, Fairman Rogers, Originally published in
1899/1901 as the rule book for all coachmen and now back in print by the
Carriage Museum of America. 27 chapters covering the development of the
coach, its components, how to drive it, how to execute neat turns, proper
turnout and lots more about the vehicle, harness, horses and the coachman.
579 pages, hard cover 6 ¾ x 9
¾" $85 + $10 s/h |
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Midwest Tandem Driving Clinic, Mary Ruth
Marks. This helpful handbook was designed for the driving clinic
attendees. It offers a lot information that you can't find anywhere else
about selecting horses, harness, vehicles, handling the reins, and more; so
we have decided to make it available to anyone who wants to drive tandem. 21
pages, 8
½ x 11" $25 |
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On the Box Seat:
A Manual of Driving, Tom
Ryder. Starting with schooling the driving horse, driving single,
double, four-in-hand, and tandem to the proper harness, use of the whip,
correct appointments, sleighs and sleighing, driving trotters, storage and
care of the harness and vehicles and more. 180 pages, soft cover, 6 X 9".
$12.95 |
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Principles of Driving.
The
official driving instruction manual of the German National Equestrian
Federation with detailed instructions for training the driver and horse
using the Achenbach method. Hard cover. 128 pages. 7 ½ x 10"
$43.95 This may be out of print. |
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"Private Stable –Its Establishment, Management, and
Appointments," by James Garland.
This book was originally published in 1899 with
the pseudonym "Jorrocks". The book was published again in 1902 and 1903
under the name of James A. Garland with many noted contributing authors. The
book was more recently reprinted in 1976, which has been sold out for
several years. The 2007 edition is updated with a 24 page bibliography of
newer and rare books on the stable. It has 24 chapters covering in
detail every aspect of the stable from building and figuring out expenses to
the proper turnout of horses for driving and different riding disciplines.
Some of the information can only be found in this book, such as the making
of straw mats or pillikins for decorating the stable. Besides the exhaustive
details on everything to do with stable management, there is detailed
information and illustrations for driving different carriages, riding
side-saddle, riding for men, hunters and hunting, and exhibiting. 630 pages
of text and 50 plates of black and white photographs.
Only 2 left $95.00 +
$11.00
s/h in United States |
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Putting-To A Pair,
Caroline Douglas and Sophie Adkins. Allen Photographic Guides. This
is a detailed guide to the most efficient method of harnessing a putting to
a pair safely and correctly. Full color photographs. Soft cover 24 pages.7 ¼ x 9 5½"
$10.99 |
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Sports Driving, A complete
Guide to Horse Driving Trials Amanda Saville,
Demystifying competitive carriage driving, this
book details the three phases of competition with tips on achieving flow and
bend in dressage, speed in the marathon and accuracy in cones. Hard Cover,
192 pages, Color illustrations. This book is finally here!
$36.95 |
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Starting to Drive
a photographic Guide to the fine
points of driving. $12.95 |
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Tandems, Susan's Superior
Source for Stylish, Susan Green If you are interested in driving
a tandem this book is a must-have! Many working scale drawings of tandem
carts, lots of information from the 18th and 19th century, history, horns,
sleighs, instructions for driving, and lots of color and black & white
illustrations. An incredible book! 362 pages - spiral bound. $60
+ $11 s/h New! |
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Teach Your Horse to
Drive
with Mary Ruth Marks. VHS tapes
Lesson One is on suitability,
harnessing, handling, bitting & lungeing and line driving.
Lesson Two is putting to,
choosing a vehicle, reinsmanship, driving techniques, exercises and
etiquette.
$24.95 each
or both VHS tapes for $40.00 + $8 s/h
DVD will be available soon for $40
+ $6 s/h |
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A Teamster's View Steve Bowers
A collection of articles Steve
wrote about hooking and driving draft horses and light horses including
multiple hitches, how to use a kick strap, fitting harness properly and so
much more. A wonderful look at many aspects of working with the driving
horses. Soft cover 212 pages, 6 x 9".
Out of print. |
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Training the Buggy Horse,
Owen Brumbaugh, Simple and practical advise for how to train and drive the
buggy horse. 48 pages, soft cover, 5 ⅛ X 8 ¼"
$5.00 only a couple left. |
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They Did it With Horses
A collection of over 400 photos from the Philip Weber collection, of the
early 1900s showing horses at work. Hard cover. Fascinating photos! Over 256
pages, 8 ½
X 11"
$28.95 |
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Working Horses, Looking Back 100 Years to America's Horse-Drawn Days
A collection of 332 historic photographs
plus text about early horsepower in
America. One of the best collection of photos showing how horses got
the job done before the machinery era. Hard cover. A real collectors
book. 250 pages. A great gift for grandparents! 8 ¾ x 11 ¼"
$26.95 |