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The Florida Carriage Museum was an equestrian-themed museum established by carriage collector Gloria Austin and located in Weirsdale, Florida. [2] It contained more than 160 antique horse-drawn carriages from Europe and America, as well as equine -related artifacts and artwork. [ 3 ]
Driving, when applied to horses, ponies, mules, or donkeys, is a broad term for hitching equines to a wagon, carriage, cart, sleigh, or other horse-drawn vehicle by means of a harness and working them in this way.
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The Pony World Driving Championships take place every two years. There are individual competitions for singles, pairs and four-in-hand. The teams from the various categories are evaluated together for the team ranking. Two single, two pair and two four-in-hand results per nation are included in the ranking.
The Florida Cracker Horse is a critically endangered horse breed [1] from the U.S. state of Florida.It is genetically and physically similar to many other Spanish-style horses, especially those from the Spanish Colonial horse group, including the Banker horse of North Carolina and the Carolina Marsh Tacky of South Carolina. [2]
A Hackney pony in the harness pony division, a fine harness event Fine harness is a type of driving competition seen at horse shows , that feature light, refined horses with high action. Popular breeds in this event include the American Saddlebred , Morgan , Arabian , Dutch Harness Horse , and Hackney (horse) .
In one state, North Dakota, the state horse is officially designated the "honorary state equine". [2] Two additional states have not designated a specific state horse, but have designed a horse or horse breed as its official state animals: the horse in New Jersey and the Morgan horse breed in Vermont.
When driving a four-in-hand, a driver and two attendants (called grooms) are required on the carriage. Driving a pair requires one groom, and for driving a single horse a groom is optional. A groom may also have the job of navigator, who stands behind the driver and can give verbal directions to the driver. The navigator may also help keep time ...