{"id":74154,"date":"2021-02-25T04:57:31","date_gmt":"2021-02-24T17:57:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/goldenplains\/?p=74154"},"modified":"2021-02-25T09:58:51","modified_gmt":"2021-02-24T22:58:51","slug":"geelong-carriage-riders-cde","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/goldenplains\/news\/geelong-carriage-riders-cde\/","title":{"rendered":"Horses and carts a sight to see"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>GEELONG and District Carriage Drivers annual combined driving event will be held at Teesdale\u2019s \u00a0Leighdale Equestrian Centre this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>GDCD vice-president Kirsty Blake said the action will differ over the event\u2019s two days, with the dressage and cones phase on Saturday, 27 February and the \u201cmarathon day\u201d on Sunday, 28 February.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe cones phase is similar to what a normal equestrian sport would call show jumping, where drivers move between cones at a set distance, with balls on top. Penalties apply if a ball is dropped, or if a cone is moved or damaged,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe marathon day is the most exciting day, with single horses being driven in pairs or tandem, where one is in front of the other, or beside one another, and we\u2019ve even got teams of four horses that get driven by a single driver.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey firstly compete around a roads section, along tracks in the Teesdale area. They are classed as a vehicle, like any other on a road. Coming back into the grounds, they compete around a course where there\u2019s marathon obstacles.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This section is particularly competitive, with carriages timed from a start gate, before moving between gated A to F obstacles.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Blake said although pony clubs have a higher profile compared to the \u201chandful of carriage driving clubs in Victoria,\u201d watching a team of four horses galloping through tightly spun obstacles will always be an impressive sight to behold.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen people think of horses and carts, they might think of brewery horses, or those they see on display at the Melbourne or Sydney Show.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut when they see a single horse in a cart galloping with the cart, going sideways around a tight bend, or an even more fascinating team of four horses galloping around an obstacle in unison, it\u2019s something they don\u2019t expect to see,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAustralia\u2019s got a World Champion carriage driver, Boyd Exell, so we\u2019re very well represented in carriage driving.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Leighdale has been one of GDCD\u2019s homes for the last 18 months. They\u2019re also based at Victoria Park, Inverleigh.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve been building marathon obstacles at Leighdale because they\u2019re unique to our sport, and we\u2019ve also secured the 2022 Victorian Combined Driving Championships there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe share the facility with other user groups, and are excited to see some improvements to the site, as we\u2019re also included in the new Leighdale Equestrian Centre Master Plan,\u201d Ms Blake said.<\/p>\n<p>Events begin from 9am over the CDE weekend. Spectators can attend for free, COVID-19 restrictions permitting.<\/p>\n<p>For up-to-date information and any pandemic guidelines regarding spectating, keep an eye on the GDCD Facebook group at <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2ONmMOO\"><strong>bit.ly\/2ONmMOO<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Leighdale and GDCD will also host a junior and young driver camp in April.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GEELONG and District Carriage Drivers annual combined driving event will be held at Teesdale\u2019s \u00a0Leighdale Equestrian Centre this weekend. 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