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Insert presenting club’s logo. Presenting club’s name Presenting club’s website Affiliated to British Carriagedriving. WHY DRIVING TRIALS?. FUN & FRIENDLY GREAT FOR FAMILIES NO UPPER AGE LIMIT OPEN TO ABLE-BODIED & DISABLED ACCESS TO WONDERFUL VENUES GOOD SOCIAL LIFE GSOH A MUST!.

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  1. Insert presenting club’s logo Presenting club’s name Presenting club’s website Affiliated to British Carriagedriving

  2. WHY DRIVING TRIALS? FUN & FRIENDLY GREAT FOR FAMILIES NO UPPER AGE LIMIT OPEN TO ABLE-BODIED & DISABLED ACCESS TO WONDERFUL VENUES GOOD SOCIAL LIFE GSOH A MUST!

  3. AND COMPRISES.... Three elements: Dressage Marathon & Obstacles Cones

  4. What does a Dressage Test look like?

  5. What Happens during the Marathon • Adrenaline rush • Raison d’etre! • Test of Stamina and agility for the horse • Test of memory and NERVE for the driver!

  6. The Role of the Backstepper • Present in All Phases • Most important in Marathon Phase • Each Section has time window • Backstepper works out times and ensures team sticks to time • Critically important for balance in obstacles

  7. Cones • Up to 20 sets of cones with balls on top; you drive through the middle of them • The course is between 500m – 800m long • There is only 10cms clearance of the carriage on each side • There is a maximum time to complete the course.

  8. GOVERNING BODY & CLUBS Governing body is British Carriagedriving Over 30 affiliated clubs Indoor Horse Driving Trials Carriage Driving Sports Group for drivers with disabilities British Young Drivers UKcc Coaches

  9. The British Driving Society Primarily showing (Private Driving & Light Trade) Area Commissioners responsible for arranging training, social events, TREC and pleasure driving events in their county LHHI – Light Harness Horse Instructor Road safety

  10. COMPETITION LEVELS Driving Trials has several levels of competition to cater for novices (beginners) up to Internationals and World Championships ODE/Indoors Outdoors Indoors Club 2DE Regional 2DE National 3DE

  11. CLASSES Single Horse or Pony – divided into Pre-Novice, Novice, Intermediate, Open and Advanced Multiples Horse or Pony (Open and Advanced Pairs, Tandem, Teams) Occasionally see Unicorn and Randem

  12. OUR CLUB Opportunity here for presenting club to enter events such as training, competitions, social events Dates for the current year

  13. HOW TO GET INVOLVED Volunteer/steward

  14. Groom and/or backstepper

  15. Grooms are NOT allowed to speak!

  16. SO YOU WANT TO COMPETE? The Horse or Pony Temperament Any Age Any Height Any Type Transfer of skills Retrain your existing horse / pony Give It a Job!

  17. You Any Temperament! Any Age All Abilities All Levels of Experience Transfer of Existing Equestrian Skills

  18. Harness Needn’t be expensive Synthetic v leather Fitting

  19. The Carriage Two wheels or four Exercise Competition

  20. Additional kit Apron Gloves Spares Whip Lamps – with used wicks

  21. Clothing Dressage & cones Marathon

  22. STAYING OVERNIGHT Accommodation for you and your horse Highly inventive Side stabling Electric or other fencing Images on right courtesy mikewatts.com

  23. SO NOW YOU KNOW! Fun Friendly Exciting Involves family and friends And you CAN combine it with your Riding Club activities

  24. What is there to look forward to? • Team Effort, Bonding with your Friends and Family • Wonderful venues, including several prestigious estates not always open to the public • Don’t forget your bottle of wine!

  25. THE NEXT STEP Find out more! Arrange to have a ‘Try Driving’ session Come and watch Try stewarding Be a backstepper Join our club

  26. USEFUL CONTACTS British Carriagedriving Tel: 0845 643 2116 E: email@britishcarriagedriving.co.uk W: www.britishcarriagedriving.co.uk British Driving Society Tel: 01473 892001 E: email@britishdrivingsociety.co.uk W: www.britishdrivingsociety.co.uk

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