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Carriage driving

Carriage driving is equestrian sport with turnout, carriage, rein handling and clear safety roles. Depending on format, driven dressage, marathon/terrain phases, cones/obstacles, horse control, time, faults and turnout presentation count.

LevelVariant FamilyAnimal sport CategoryAnimal sport

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Classification

Category Animal sport

Family Animal sport

Level Variant

Getting started

Kurzbeschreibung Carriage driving is horse/pony driving with carriage, harness and discipline-specific tasks.

Geeignet für Suitable for people who like horse work, technique, safety checks and team roles.

Cost First use a driving lesson, ride-along or try-driving day; owning a turnout is not sensible for entry. High: coach, horse/pony, harness, carriage, stable, maintenance, club, transport and entries. Driving club, British Carriagedriving, American Driving Society, riding/driving coach. Backstepper/groom, harness check and safe horse are not extras but entry re…

First progress Rein feel after several sessions; independent safe driving needs long guidance.

Fitness level medium

Was du brauchst

experienced horse/pony
carriage
harness
coach
groom/backstepper
safe driving area

First steps

find driving coach
ride along as passenger
watch harnessing and putting to
learn reins and voice aids under supervision

Driving club, try-driving day, British Carriagedriving/ADS, riding/driving stable with coach.

Train only with experienced turnout, coach, groom/backstepper, checked carriage/harness and safe terrain.

Weitere Angaben

Tags animal, fahrsport, animal-sport, carriage-driving, tiersport, carriage-driving-fahrsport

Rules and format

Die Grundlagen

Ziel

Drive the turnout safely, precisely and legally through dressage, marathon or cones tasks.

Teilnehmer

Driver, horse/pony turnout and by format groom/backstepper.

Teamgröße

Single/pair/team turnout by class.

Spielfeld

Driving arena, cones course or marathon course.

Dauer

Depends on format and event.

Wertung

Judge marks, time and penalties by phase.

Gewinnbedingung

Best valid time, placing or score in the announced format.

Ausrüstung

horse/pony
carriage
harness
reins
helmet
groom/backstepper

Wichtige Regelpunkte

cone fault
time fault
equipment/harness breach
unsafe driving
welfare breach

Regelquellen

Federations and sources

Federations

Federation Equestre Internationale
Federation Equestre Internationale (FEI)

Driving Federation Equestre Internationale · federation · high
Beginner's Guide to Driving Trials British Carriagedriving · federation · high
Five Things to Know About Your First Carriage Pleasure Driving Lesson US Equestrian · experience-guide · medium
Membership / Get Driving American Driving Society · federation · medium