Meet Our Ranch Ride Carriage Drive Horses: Tex

Hello there, I'm Tex! I'm a handsome sorrel (chestnut), 15 hands high, and was born in Egypt - no, no, not the one with the pyramids - the one in Texas!

Thanks to our farrier Rob Barfield!

Libertad has new shoes and is going very nicely, thanks to our awesome farrier, Rob Barfield! Thank you, Rob!!

Selecting a Carriage Horse

So you want to buy a carriage horse! There’s just nothing like the experience of driving in the open air, accompanied by the sounds of the carriage wheels, the horse’s hoofbeats, and the jingling of the harness. But how do you choose the right horse for your needs?

A Turning Point

I began to blush as Nemitz roared with laughter and asked, “Soooo, what are you going to do now?”

Pushmi-Pullyu: What is the Carriage Horse Really Doing?

It’s common to speak of horse-drawn carriages, or to say that a horse is pulling a carriage. This is intuitive; they are in front of it, aren’t they? But horses are not people. Are they really pulling it, or are they pushing?

Benno von Achenbach: Anspannen und Fahren Turns 100

When World War I broke out, Achenbach’s system proved ideal for teaching driving to large numbers of new recruits, many of whom had no previous horsemanship skills.