Articles about Horses and Driving
Driving
TREC - a basic guide for TREC events
Sleighing Safety - a guide to sleighing safety, especially for the first time
Creature Comforts - November 2008, from The Morgan Horse magazine, how both horse & driver comfort affect performance.
Bitting the Harness Horse - Originally published in the Horseman's Yankee Pedlar
The Continuous Driving Event - An easy to run, flexible, 1 day carriage driving event, how it works, general rule suggestions
The Morgan Horse: Pride and Product of the Horse Drawn Era - Originally published in the Horseman's Yankee Pedlar
Driving Wrecks - How to manage a driving wreck
Driving Comfort - The benefit of being comfortable while driving
Use of the Parked Stance - An Illustration from 1893 of an appropriate use of the "Parked" stance
3 Wheeled Gig - Hand made by Eliphalet Nott, Founder of Union College
>>>>Effective Communication with the Driving Horse
Morgan Horses
Morgan Horses and Carriage Driving - Originally published in the Horseman's Yankee Pedlar
The Half Morgan Registry - Open letter to the Morgan community
Horses of New England - 1862 article with excellent detail about the gene pool of horses in early New England
The Death of Black Hawk - real time description of the events surrounding the death of one the most influential horse in the Morgan Breed
Defining the Morgan Gene Pool - A timeline of the Morgan Gene Pool as defined thru history, including significant Registry Rules and dates
Morgan Timeline - article by Jeff Morse from 2009 placing the Morgan Breed in perspective.