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CVDC Spring Tune-Up
CARRIAGE DRIVING CLINIC
Clinic Full
Sun., March 21, 2010
8:00am – 5:30pm
High Hopes, Lyme, CT
Jeff Morse is a nationally known competitor, trainer, clinician, author and Morgan Horse breeder, with over 30 years of experience. He specializes in training horses and their people for carriage driving. Jeff works with all levels of drivers to make driving a [...]

ECDHA is having noted farrier,hoof expert and carriage authority Jerry Trapani as featured speaker at our special February meeting, Sat. the 20th We will have the 27th as a backup in the event of a blizzard. Please check the website if there is a question about the weather.
Jerry will be speaking on the inner workings [...]

CVDC Meeting February 6, 2010
6:30 pm - East Haddam Grange
Program: High Hopes and Dianne Ciano of Ct. Horse Council
Diane Ciano and Meg Sautter will present The CT Horse Council’s Volunteer Horse Patrol Program. They are the Supervisors of the program that started in 2003 and has been established in over 50 areas throughout the [...]

Connecticut Valley Driving Club’s Holiday Party will take place this year at Marguerite and Bob’s home in Amston. It’s a time when members take a break from driving, and come together to celebrate the holidays.  The food is always amazing, as each person goes beyond the pale to create a special potluck appetizer, side dish, [...]

Ann Guptill has accepted our invitation to talk with the CVDC about ‘ridden musical freestyle’. We will start our usual pot luck at 6:30PM PROMPTLY because Ann will present her power point demonstration at 7 PM sharp. Interest in the application of music to Driven Dressage is rapidly gaining momentum in this country. I have [...]

The 2009 Equine Affaire in Springfield, MA is just around the corner and the American Driving Society will be there.  Please consider spending a few hours volunteering for the booth to represent our club. It entails speaking with people who are walking by the booth, introducing them to the benefits of ADS membership, and also [...]

The drives will take place at brand new Machimoodus State Park in East Haddam. The State first purchased Echo Farm in the 1990’s from CVDC members Carol and Ray Schmitt who also owned Johnsonville. Echo Farm has roads and trails built by Ray. He used to drive his horses there. The gravel roads vary from [...]

Come CVDC members to the East Haddam Grange on Saturday, November 7th at 6:30pm to discuss the year ahead
and enjoy some great fall cuisine. Bring a Harvest Pot Luck! This is our last official meeting of 2009 before the holiday party.  Click on this “happening” to your right for directions to the Grange.

Get your entires in by Wednesday or we’ll have to cancel — that’s the word from organizer Kathie Gregory. Click here to Enter for October 4th Lord Creek Drive/Ride Pace in Lyme, CT hosted by the Connecticut Valley Driving Club. Paid entries are due no later than September 30th. Fantastic event!! Kathie has worked [...]

CVDC members will enjoy a club adventure to McCulloch Farm’s annual “Open Barn” days to enjoy the Whippoorwill Morgans.  This is an annual event to view the stallions, mares and foals up close, and to learn about the Morgan Horse. Club members will meet at the farm at 1p and leisurely browse around the farm.  [...]