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Congratulations on finding that special someone to spend the rest of your life with. Make your wedding a dream come true with our Cinderella carriage powered by a majestic Percheron draft horse. Or select our 19th Century Vis-a-vis with convertible top and detachable window and door panels for inclement weather. Carriages are beautifully decorated with white silk wedding flowers and garlands or may be decorated to match your wedding theme.

Please contact Thomas or Linda at 616-893-4984

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Windsong Horse & Carriage

Loon Meadow Farm’s Horse and Carriage Livery provides elegant horse drawn Cinderella and Vis-à-vis carriages, Victoria Phaetons in white or burgundy as well as Wagonetts and other horse drawn vehicles for your wedding, party, company picnic or any event in Connecticut, western Massachusetts, and eastern New York. We are wedding and party specialists and have been providing horsedrawn wedding carriages and carriage rides for over 25 years.

Horse Carriage Rides of Central Florida

HighHorse Carriage Rides, Inc. is the premier horse drawn carriage ride company of Florida,  serving Daytona Beach, Orlando, Tampa, Kissimmee, Palm Coast, South Jacksonville, Ormond Beach, and all of Central Florida for over 7 years.

Weddings
Parties & Events
Proposal/Engagement
Indian/Asian Weddings
Commitment Ceremonies
And anywhere a horse and carriage can be used.
Call Judy or Dixie today at 386-334-4386 or 386-212-3709 and schedule one of their horse drawn carriages for your special event.

Elegant Carriages A father and daughter partnership with a lifetime of horse experience. The carriage is a glass landau, based on an 1890’s original. With a glass front and hood that can be raised and lowered within two minutes, making it perfect for our unpredictable British weather. Drawn by a pair of polish grey (white) horses, whom are very experienced in heavy traffic. We openly invite our prospective clients to view the carriage and horses at our home, prior to booking. Elegant Carriages provides a personal yet professional service aiming to exceed your expectations. Telephone: 01536 761095

Ben Ford Horses and Carriages
Established 1965 we specialise in high quality horse drawn turnouts and have a selection of original carriages for you to choose from with matching pairs of beautiful horses. Our turnouts come complete with driver and footman dressed in period livery. We can be seen in period films eg Vanity Fair and Phantom of the Opera. Liability insurance cover included.
Telephone: 01363 877766

Black Horses Ltd
Superb hand-crafted carriages and horses with so much presence and elegance they’ll take your breath away. Our Purebred Friesian Stallions are superb specimens of their breed and were selected for their temperaments and “look at me” attitudes. Put them in front of our Glass Landau, Phaeton or Continental Break carriages and yourselves inside and you’re guaranteed a truly memorable journey.
Telephone: 015395 33781
Mobile: 07776 145424

England’s Finest Carriages
We provide an exceptional Horse and Carriage hire service. Carriages are custom built, featuring the white Cinderella Pumpkin carriage, (Only one of it’s kind in the world)! We have the most beautiful, elegant white horses and custom built carriages. We travel all over the UK, making dreams come true. Limousines also available. Book in advance to avoid disappointment. Call Now!
Telephone: 0117 3301781
Mobile: 07951 233311

Bedfordshire Horse  Carriages 

Elegant Carriages
A father and daughter partnership with a lifetime of horse experience. The carriage is a glass landau, based on an 1890’s original. With a glass front and hood that can be raised and lowered within two minutes, making it perfect for our unpredictable British weather. Drawn by a pair of polish grey (white) horses, whom are very experienced in heavy traffic. We openly invite our prospective clients to view the carriage and horses at our home, prior to booking. Elegant Carriages provides a personal yet professional service aiming to exceed your expectations.
Telephone: 01536 761095

Firse Step : Preparation-
Teaching your horse to ground drive is a great way to enhance his training, and it will make your first ride that much easier. Ground driving is also the first step to teaching your horse to pull a horse buggy. Before your start the ground driving lesson, your horse should already be used to the saddle (or surcingle) and headstall with a snaffle bit. Your horse should also know voice commands for “walk” and “trot”, as well as “whoa”.

Second :The First Lesson-
Put the saddle or surcingle on your horse, along with the bridle. If your horse has a lot of energy, lounge him first to work off excess energy - this is also a good opportunity to practice the voice commands. After your horse is reasonable calm, attach the long-lines to the bit, and run them back through the rings on the surcingle or the stirrups on the saddle. Stand behind your horse, and have a helper stand at your horse’s head (you might want the helper to have a lead line attached to the bit). Give your horse the voice command for “walk” and wait for him to start off. If he doesn’t go right away, or seams confused that you are behind him, have your helper lead him forward. Practice starting and stopping until he seams calm - as he walks forwards, you will want to follow behind him quietly keeping gently pressure on the lines. When you are ready to switch directions, gently pull on one of the lines until your horse starts to turn that direction. Sometimes horses get a little skittish when they feel the lines brush up against their haunches, so be watching for that when you ask for a change of direction. Repeat the “walk” and “whoa” on the other side. It is best to make the first lesson simple, so stop on a good note, and save “trot” for the next lesson.

3RD: Moving On-
At the next lesson you can work on the “walk”, “whoa”, and change directions for review, then you can move on to “trot”. You will need to jog along behind your horse as he trots, so be sure you are in good shape :). Don’t forget to practice standing still - this is important to learn for when you mount up for the first time. The lessons your horse learns while ground driving will help when you start riding your horse - he will already know voice commands, direction changes, and some rein cues.

4th:Driving-
If you want to continue on and teach your horse to drive, you will want to create a “training buggy” - this is just 2 long PVC pipes (about 7 feet long), connected on one end by a shorter piece of PVC pipe (about 2 1/2 to 3 feet long). Use PVC elbow connectors to join the pipes together. When you are done, you will have created a “U” shape contraption. You can hook this up behind your horse and it will simulate the shafts of a buggy and give your horse the sensation of pulling a horse buggy behind him. Attach the “training buggy” using quick-release knots(drill a hole through the loose ends of the PVC pipe, and attach it to the surcingle with some twine or rope), and if he spooks at something, you can simply release the knots and the training buggy will drop free.

Once your horse has gotten used to the “training buggy” you are ready to introduce him to the real buggy. It is best to use a two-wheel, light weight buggy for this. Make sure that the size is appropriate to the size of your horse. You will also need a driving harness (you can buy an inexpensive nylon one from many tack stores and catalogs). You should have at least one, but preferably two helpers when you are ready to hook your horse up to the buggy for the first time. Put the harness on your horse, and ground drive him a little to relax him. Lead him up to the buggy and let him get used to it. As you ground drive him, have a helper pull the buggy alongside your horse, so he can get used to the look and sound of the cart. Once he is calm with this, pull the cart up behind him, but do not hook the buggy up to the harness yet. As you drive your horse along (still walking behind the cart), have your helpers pull the cart with your horse as he walks. Once he is calm with this step you are ready to hook the cart up to your horse drive him. It is still best to have your helpers stay close by for the first few drives, until you are sure your horse will remain calm.