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Kayo Fraser - 406-846-3686 Mountain Time

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Carriage Driving Books

Books and videos about breaking, training and driving carriage horses, coach horses and driving competitions. Prices are subject to change without notice. S/h is $9 for the first book and $2 each additional- unless otherwise noted for the larger and heavier books.

Combined-driving   Combined Driving 101 $35
Turn-out   Turnout and Presentation, An introduction to... $35
Navigating-101   Navigating 101 DVD -

$35
Into-long-reins Clay Maier had a series of 3 DVD sets. The only one left is the Intro to Long Reins.

Introduction to Long Reins "Long reining, long lining or ground driving" a training technique by different names. This works well for young horses and the older horse.

$67 2 DVD set  $8 s/h

Dictionery-carriage-driving Dictionary for Carriage Driving Hans A . Krasensky All information and terminology is in German, English, French, Italian and Spanish. Incredible illustrations on the harness parts, equipment for single, pair, tandem, random and four in hand; vehicle construction, technical terms and items for driving competitions. A perfect book for translations of the carriage and harness parts. Great for instructors, judges and translators - or anyone traveling to other countries where English is not the only language. This is a hard cover book - 223 pages 11¾ x 8 ¼"

$44.95 + $10 s/h

Drive-on Drive On Doris Ganton. Doris started with "Breaking and Training the Driving Horse", now this book takes the driver into the show ring with different breeds of horses including the: Arabian, Morgan, Hackney, Standardbred, Roadster, American Saddle Horse, Appaloosa, Pinto, POA, Shetland and Welsh horses and explains the proper turnout for each breed. 180 pages, 6 X 9"

$15.00

 

Driving a Tandem. Paul Doliueux All you ever wanted or needed to know about driving a tandem from carts, carriages, harness, putting to and moving off, terminology, lungeing & schooling the horses, to driving with one hand and two.  Also chapters on Randem driving; FEI driving trials in Dressage, Marathon and Obstacles. 154 pages, Hardcover, 10 X 7 ¾".

Out of print.  I have one copy for $100.00

Guide-driving-horses  A Guide to Driving Horses Sallie Walrond A good introduction to driving single horse, pairs and tandem, with vehicle types and training. 136 pages Soft cover 5 ¼ x 8 ¼"

$7.00

Judgeing-carriage-driving Judging Carriage Driving Sallie Walrond L.H.H.I. Sallie explains the judging procedure of every class including carts, coaches, mountain & moorland, donkeys, junior whips, disabled driver and horse driving trials in the America, Australia,  New Zealand, UK and Europe. 118 pages, soft cover. 6 X 9 ¼".
$24.95
Private-stable  Private Stable Its Establishment, Management, and Appointments, by James Garland This book was originally published in 1899 with the pseudonym "Jorrocks". The book was published again in 1902 and 1903 under the name of James A. Garland with many noted contributing authors. The 2007 edition is updated with a 24 page bibliography of newer and rare books on the stable. It has 24 chapters covering in detail every aspect of the stable from building and figuring out expenses to the proper turnout of horses for driving and different riding disciplines.  630 pages of text and 50 plates of black and white photographs.

 Out of print - I have several copies from different editions for sale - see Rare

Putting-to-pair  Putting-To A Pair Caroline Douglas and Sophie Adkins. Allen Photographic Guides. This is a detailed guide to the most efficient method of harnessing a putting to a pair safely and correctly. Full color photographs. Soft cover 24 pages.7 ¼ x 9 5½"

$10.99

Working-horses Working Horses, Looking Back 100 Years to America's Horse-Drawn Days.  A collection of 332 historic photographs plus text about early horsepower in America. One of the best collection of photos showing how horses got the job done before the machinery era. Hard cover. A real collectors book. 250 pages. A great gift for grandparents! 8 ¾ x 11 ¼"

$40 - this is out of print but I found a few used copies

Add $12 s/h or as noted and $2 each additional book, unless stated otherwise to US addresses. Some books require more postage. No online ordering at this time except with PayPal and you can send payment to me at my email address books@wildhorsebooks.com. I take Visa, MasterCard, Discover, US checks and money orders in US funds only drawn on US banks. The postage may be higher on the larger books. Please ask for shipping rates to other countries.

 If you would like to learn how to drive horses - check out our other web site at Fraser School of Driving.

 

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