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The Carriage Association of America (CAA) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the history and traditions of carriage driving, and the preservation and restoration of horse-drawn carriages and sleighs. It is headquartered at the Kentucky Horse Park along with its sister organization, the Carriage Museum of America (CMA).
A driving club was a 19th century membership club for the recreational practice of carriage driving. Early British driving clubs ... Carriage Association of America ...
The Riding for the Disabled Association (RDA) is a United Kingdom based charity founded in 1969 [1] focused on providing therapeutic horse-riding, equestrian vaulting and carriage driving lessons to people with developmental and physical disabilities as well seeking to improve the lives of those with mental health difficulties. [2]
Attendees can watch drivers navigate horse-powered antique, reproduced and modern carriages through a variety of competitions.
A horse in harness with a modern sport carriage Driving two horses to a sleigh. Driving means guiding a horse in harness to pull a load such as a horse-drawn vehicle, a farm implement, or other load. Horses, ponies, donkeys, mules, and other animals can be driven. Typical horse-drawn vehicles are wagons, carriages, carts, and sleighs.
Carriage driving is a form of competitive horse driving in harness in which larger two- or four-wheeled carriages (sometimes restored antiques) are pulled by a single horse, a pair, tandem or a four-in-hand team. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh helped to expand the sport.
The late Duke of Edinburgh took up the sport in his fifties—and inspired countless others, including his granddaughter, Lady Louise, to participate in carriage driving.
The Duke of Edinburgh’s carriage-driving companion – one of his closest confidantes – Countess Mountbatten of Burma will join mourners at Philip’s funeral.