Photo by S.W. Cosgrove
Another action shot from the World Equestrian Festival at the CHIO Aachen, Germany.
Here’s a magnificent four-in-hand team in the Combined Driving Event, which tests the driver’s ability and the horses’ obedience, speed and athleticism in three stages – Dressage, Marathon and Cones.
This is the Marathon stage – very fast and exacting. CHIO Aachen competitors come from all over the world.
Full disclosure: I am a lifelong equestrian. I competed on the West Coast of the U.S. in single horse Combined Driving Events and Pleasure Driving for several years with my Morgan carriage horse, Gem, rest her soul. I’ve never had more fun!
SW COSGROVE 