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I put a couple of new PDFs on my website. One covers the use and construction of a driving apron. The other deals with what to do when a driving accident happens. The later resource I recently developed and used at a club pleasure (trail) drive for a short educational topic during lunch...

I posted this on another thread, but it occurred to me that it is appropriate for its own topic. Maybe others will have more to add. We have a number of veterinarian friends. A lot just don't want to deal with horses. Actually, a lot of them don't want to deal with horse people. There are a...

There is a new ADS/USEF Carriage Pleasure show going to be held at the Kentucky Horse Park in the new Alltech Arena on July 1-3. They have added VSE classes (although there was a bit of a mix up and they first added Am. Miniature 34" and under classes, but they will be changed to VSE 39" and...

Knowing the northern show season is starting, I have put a few resources on our website, such as leather harness cleaning, driving show supply list, trail driving safety checklist, and trail driving supply list. They are on this page: http://rhinestone-ri...rness+Education along with a cart...

Never had a horse and thinking of getting one? Board horses yourself? Watch this.

From the ADS website:   An Introduction to Combined Driving with Andy Marcoux Does Combined Driving sound like something that you'd like to do? Are you signed up for an event, and not sure what to expect? Did you drive in an event, and spend a lot of time wondering what the heck was going...

This last week, we have been working on putting a pair together. We started line driving last weekend, and put them to this weekend. Here are some things that we knew from reading books and articles, and hearing other people's experiences, but now we fully experienced ourselves: Have a...

Do you have a leather harness? Would you like a leather harness? ADS is hosting a FREE webinar on harness construction and care. Here is the description: "A good quality harness is an investment that can last you your entire driving career, but can you recognize the difference between a...

For those of you in the Madison, Wisconsin and surrounding areas, Bill Lower, top driving clinician, will be at the Midwest Horse Fair this year. Here is some info on the dates and times: http://midwesthorsef...il&post_id=6115 Bill's wife, Sherry, will have a booth there with her business...

For those of you that live in the Midwest, I have put together a list of major driving events on this page: http://www.americand...midwestcalendar You now can plan your schedule in one stop! The calendar is a listing on the bottom of the page, but there is also a link near the top that will...

Ok, for the sake of education, I'm going to lay myself out there. Try to keep all snickering to a loud roar, please. I am in the process of putting together a PowerPoint for carriage driving Turnout for a local club. Here is some of the material that I am using. You all have seen my blue...

I am interested to hear your stories about your super calm minis that "you would have never guessed they would have done that". For example, I was describing on another thread a gelding I owned and trained a number of years ago. He was about 3 yrs. old and green driving. I had started him...

Check out what the ADS is all about on this video. http://www.youtube.c...h?v=cg6VU3Prpbs Included are the many styles of driving and configurations, and different breeds represented in the ADS, including a very nice pair of minis. If you ever wanted to see the differences between pleasure...

We had a great time at Walnut Hill, Aug. 11-15. It was a 14-hour trip for us, so we were able to complete it all in one day. During our stops, Alax would look at me like, "Are we there yet?!" We got some cool stuff in our Welcome bag: a bottle of wine, a Walnut Hill towel, a horse magazine...

I got a chance to watch some of the Western Regional AMHA show this weekend. I haven't been to a mini breed show in a while, so it was fun to be able to "go" to one. I got to watch a Classic, Country, and Single Pleasure driving class, as well as the Country and Single finals. There were some...

I have a friend that asked me if there is a place online to find out about a mini's breed show record. They want to know if their reg. mini has had a successful show career, especially at driving. Is there such a place?

I just found out that there are only 2 VSEs signed up for Hickory Knoll CDE, July 17-18 just outside of Madison, WI. If you have ever considered trying a CDE, this is a great one to start with. The grounds are classy and well kept, the organization is good, the hazards are safe, and the people...

How hard is it to find lost papers? A friend of mine has a mare that was rescued by the previous owner. The person they rescued her from said she had AMHR papers under the name of Peppermint Patty, but they can't find them. Is it possible to track papers with the color of the horse and year...

Last week, I posted a comment about a class at our local mini club fun show called "Blind Horse Driving". I was asked to explain further, and never got around to it. So here goes....btw, I don't think I have any photos, but wouldn't that have been great? A pair of people was given a...

I was thumbing around on YouTube (when I should have been cleaning my house) and came across this video randomly taken by a couple of teenagers (I don't think they had anything to do with any of the exhibitors). There is a black mini with a big star put to a stained Jerald cart with a blond...