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The Ultimate Horse Sport by Eileen L. Davis photography by Eagle Eye Photo


This little-known sport that you do with your horse is the best kept secret in the horse world!


A 26 AUGUST / SEPTEMBER 2018 I HORSE & AG MAGAZINE


Combined Driving Event is a true test of a horse’s over- all agility, grace and endurance. Combined Driving has its roots across the ocean in Europe and is a relatively young sport. Avid drivers who wanted something more to do with their horses on the same level as three-day eventing, got together to try and formulate a plan. Great Britain learned


of what they were doing with Combined Driving from His Royal Highness, the Duke of Edinburgh. He was asked by the International Equestrian Fed- eration to help develop a set of rules for them in the 1960’s.


In the late 1960’s, the sport finally made it across the Atlantic Ocean to America.


My passion for driving grew from two auto accidents that forced me to find a different way in which to use my horses. Although the doctors ad- vised me to give them up all together, there was no way that was going to happen as I have been working with horses my whole life.


Once getting started in driving, then with my Arabian Gelding, I was hooked. I started with arena driving, but once introduced to the sport of Combined Driving in the mid 80’s, I became thoroughly enthralled with the then new sport.


The first day of a Combined Driving Event is dressage, the “dance”. Yes, we ask our horse to do the equivalent of a nine-minute waltz while pull- ing a carriage behind them. Doing this waltz while riding your horse is one thing, as you have your reins, hands, seat, legs, and feet to help get your horse to do all the movements required in the waltz. Now, when


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