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#1 ·
Need someplace to post some interesting stuff.

New stuff--
Brand new group on facebook-- "carriage driving trainers "


You can offer your services or look for a trainer in your area.
 
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I finally got my new driving whips!
I went to a tack store in Ulm Germany and found two ultra light driving whips for 19.9 euros each, my guess about $30.00. They were made of carbon fiber with a very nice handle, I had never seen one for that price before. I asked if they would mail them to me and they said no. I bought both hoping that I could carry them on the airplane.

Well I got to the Delta counter and they said I had to check them. They put them in the oversize luggage, they didn't charge me for them, which was nice.
They made it safe from Stuttgart, Germany to Atlanta GA, where I picked them up and went through customs. Passed them off to Delta again for the trip to St. Louis. They never showed up, AWOL
Delta looked for them and they were checked on to my plane but were a no show. They were still in Atlanta. Well after tracking them for a couple days, my whips had quite the adventure. From Atlanta they went to Nashville, then to Atlanta again, then to St Louis, with a 5 hour layover, then on the truck for the hour drive to me.
They had quite the trip, I wish I could get their miles added to mine.

Every time they were handled I imagined the tips broken .
They were not in a box, just taped together tip to end, I didn't even have my name on them, DUH!
They arrived safely just now, and I have a lesson at 12;30.
Just in time.

I will let you know how good they are, They might be worth it to try and find somewhere to purchase them in Germany and have them shipped.
I also bought a pair of leather driving reins, I had to, they jumped in my basket.
 
#4 ·
the tack shop candy store.

wow thay had a good trip well thay probley went sightseeing lol and came back home with you.
i know the feeling risistance is futile in a tack shop and the money starts to burn a hole in your pocket i know well i was thinking about removeing mine lol.
how did your lesson go and how is pilgrim i bet he is happy your home.
the fiberglass ones are light and well balanced thay are a good wip.
so you also perchased a new set of reins as well were thay black or brown.
it sounds like you have a great set of harness there.
 
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I really love it, If they had had 10 of them I would have bought all 10.

I need to ask hubby's cousin to send me some, I think we got along well enough to ask a big favor of her. Even though we spoke different languages. It was like playing charades for 12 days.

Greentree I guess you are going to the National drive?

Green with envy.
 
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No, my good friend and her fancy dressage horse, are coming to ST. Louis for the regionals, and have a really good chance to win at third level. So I don't want to miss it. They are even doing the dancing to music, and have worked so hard. The horse was on deaths door about 4 months ago, had what they thought was a seizure or a brain injury.
Now it is going full steam ahead. The horse was even on the cover of some dressage magazine with the cover story about her.

I will be at the National Drive in the spring come he!! or High water, as my mother would say.

I hope you have a great time with good weather.
 
#15 ·
Have fun at the auction! If there is a pair of that Eastern European kind of harness, pick it up for me!! I still have not figured out how to get my hands on one.

Sorry you won't be at the drive.....Marlene is having a party at her new place in Versailles on the night of the "chili dump".

Cat, the spring drive info is on the National Drive website. Hopefully there will be more people next year.... This year, it seemed like about 7 of us! The entire place was quiet, where as the fall ND last year had Paso Fino Worlds, Dressage regionals, and a Rocky Mountain show ALL at the same time. Usually, there are Saddlebreds there, too.

Nancy
 
#16 ·
Thanks for the info - I'll have to go look it up. I was at the fall of 2010 National Drive - which was really busy as well because they had that CDE going on too!
 
#17 ·
Nothing but junk at the auction. There was one cart thet looked interesting, but I didnt like the shafts. They came out from the cross bar straight and were too wide at the tips. If my job wasn't in constant limbo, I might have bought it.

There also was one harness I liked and it sold for $90. I thought about some of you on the HF but I didn't want to buy anything without a commitment that someone was going to buy it.
 
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tiping it down.

its raining very heavy thats a quick abreviation.
its a shought slang turm tiping down i got soaked through.
or have you ever herd of this one its raining cats and dogs.
but there is a funey end to it it left poodles in the middle of the road (puddles).
so i kept them in as i had a evening at a bar after work with some of my frends i work with.
i have left you a picture in what have i found.
but the patriotic horse t shirt i have on spoils it being the colour.
you both have a good time ok and bring home the ribbons.
 
#26 ·
Wellll, my Chance nust be fatter than he has ever been....The day was so gorgeous, and I put him to the single marathon. Only metal carriage he has ever pulled single. Drove a good long time, walked a LOT, went down the road a short way, came back, worked a bit more. His nostrils hardly even flared!

My shaft loops rubbed the hair OFF!! It just about HAD to be the holdbacks, but now I need to put those annoying protector pads back on .

Good Luck at the show, TC!!

MV, I'll take a Standard Poodle, if you find one after the rain!!

Nancy
 
#28 · (Edited)
littrella, I love your little boy! We had a miniature donkey in training this summer, he was a natural at it! Albeit very lazy, heh.

Taffy I believe asked if I'd post some pictures of my mare over here, so here I am! I own a 10yo Paint mare named Sierra who begun driving last year. We only do pleasure driving I'm afraid, I don't think I have the guts do CDE's and the like! Of course there's a reason I ride western pleasure horses. :wink: I've had a lot of fun teaching her to drive. At first I only wanted something new for her to keep her mind thinking, as she's very broke under saddle and didn't want her get bored. She really took to it, much more than we were expecting so we started showing her in the driving too. She really enjoys driving, more than riding I think. =)

The trainer driving her:


And myself:




And just for fun, one of my favorite photos of her!


I have to say, it's quite interesting how much she's bulked up since she started driving. I knew that it would work different muscles, but I didn't expect her to go up almost two blanket sizes because of it!
 
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