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Combined Driving
Communication & Teamwork
Constructing Portable Obstacles
Easily Add Weight to Backstep
Horse Inspections for Combined Driving Competitions
Groom's Boots
Keep Your Horse Cool
Marathon Calculated Time Card
Marathon Time Cards
Measuring Sticks for Cones Widths
Navigator Positions
Once in a Blue Moon
Record of Individual CDE Competition Result
Rulebook Tips & Tricks
Safety for the Small But Mighty
Scoring Basics for Driving Events (PPD)
Scoring using the Mike Watts Program (PPD)
Success at Your First Competition

Driven Dressage
Build a Dressage Ring on a Budget
Connecting, The Chain of Improvement
Dressage Medal Program
Dressage Terminology
Dressage Terminology from The Whip
Got Your Back
How to Setup a Dressage Ring
Improving Your Dressage Score Part 1
Improving Your Dressage Score Part 2
Letters On A Budget
The Wonderful Walk
Thoughtful Dressage Training
Training Scale and Driver's Aids
Why These Six Letters Matter

Event Standards
Getting the Word Out
Officials Agreements
The Value of ADS Event Recognition

History
Early Stagecoaches and the Overland Mail
The American Carriage Horse Breeding Program
The Early Sport of Road Coaching
Thomas Lawson's Dreamwold Estate

New To Driving

Basic Info to Know About Your Driving Equine
Carriage Driving Booklist
Creating a Carriage Driving Library
Driving Aids Compared to Riding Aids
Driving Equitation
Driving Safety Best Practices
Finding Your Driving Horse
Harness Fit Record
How Much Weight Should My Horse Pull

How to Measure a Whip
Online Sources for Carriage Driving Books
Selecting Your First Carriage
Selecting Your First Harness
Trail Driving Safety
Types of ADS Driving Programs
Welcome to the Driving Community
What Should You be Learning as a Beginner Driver
Where Do You Find Out About Driving and Learn to Driver

Membership
ADS Insurance
Breed/Discipline Partnership Agreement
Dressage Medal Program
How to be a Great Mentor
Insurance Benefits for ADS Members
Navigate the Class A Journey
Ponies in Therapeutic Driving
Social Licensing
Warning Cards

Pleasure Driving
A Good Groom vs a GREAT Groom
Appendix PD-C, Turnout & Appointments
Aprons and Top Hats and Spares
Measuring Sticks for Cones Widths
Once in a Blue Moon
Pleasure Show Combined Tests
Your First Pleasure Show Ensemble
Rapunzel's Hairnet
Rulebook Tips & Tricks
Rules for Carriage Pleasure Grooms
Showing in the Rain
Stable or Informal Livery
Success at your First Competition
Table of Shaft Lengths and Widths
Tips for Announcers
Turnout Troubleshooting for Beginners
VSE & Small Pony Vehicle Measurement Chart
VSE Spares Kit Part 1
VSE Spares Kit Part 2
Your First Pleasure Show

Recreational Driving
Road Safety Series Part 1
Table of Shaft Lengths and Widths
Trail Driving Safety
VSE & Small Pony Vehicle Measurement Chart

Rulebook

Quick Reference for Junior Driver Rules
Rules for Carriage Pleasure Grooms

Safety
Driving Safety Best Practices
NTD Trail Driving Safety

Videos
Videos for Members

Dressage Tests New to Driving