​Come Drive with Us!

​​The Connecticut Valley Driving Club, Inc. (CVDC) promotes all aspects of carriage driving by providing historical context, offering educational and sporting opportunities, and encouraging safety.  We welcome new members! Download our Membership Form here.

Upcoming Events


​​POP-UP EVENT:
Braiding the Long Mane
WHEN:  Sunday, March 2, 2025 
WHERE: Cynthia Bliven's Woodland Farm, 194 Beaver Brook Road, Lyme, CT  
TIME:  1:00 p.m.
Learn a new skill or share your braiding techniques with other club members.  Woodland Farm will provide horses with unpulled manes. Please call Cynthia at 860-333-4055 so she knows how many horses to line up.
 
CVDC Movie Night
WHEN:  Saturday, March 15, 2025 
WHERE: Lyme Library, 482 Hamburg Rd./Route 156, Lyme, CT  
TIME:  6:00 p.m.
Please join fellow CVDC members (guests are welcome) for a friendly evening of pizza, popcorn and selected carriage driving movie clips and shorts.  Please bring your drink of choice. 

CVDC Meeting
WHEN:  Friday, April 11, 2025 
WHERE: Lyme Library, 482 Hamburg Rd./Route 156, Lyme, CT  (tentative location)
TIME:  6:30 p.m.
Meet with fellow club members to plan for CVDC Fun Day (tentatively scheduled for late May) and gather for friendship!

Check our Facebook page for event updates! ​

Seminars/Clinics

The club offers periodic seminars and driving clinics that allow members to gain knowledge and drive with experts with experience in combined driving and pleasure showing.  Past clinicians include Larry Poulin, Lisa Singer, Jeff Morse, Robin Groves, Scott Monroe, and Andy Marcoux. Clinics cover harnessing, reining, driving, proper use of aides, and improving the performance of the carriage horse.

Field Trips/
Club Activities

There is usually at least one "Field Trip" each year to locations a little farther afield. In the past, we have visited the Long Island Carriage Museum (arriving by ferry); John Greenall's Carriage House in Vermont; Newport Coaching Weekend in Rhode Island.  We also hold pleasure drives at local venues, including State Parks, Fun Days and Scurries to practice cones and obstacle courses , and offer educational seminars and speakers to learn more about the history and sport of carriage driving.

Competitions

Many of our members enjoy competing in the sport of carriage driving, predominantly at shows held in the Northeast.  Whether its competing at a Combined Driving Event (CDE), Horse Driving Trial (HDT), Arena Driving Trial (ADT), Derby or a Pleasure Show, there is fun to be had by all!