Category — Events
Competitive Therapeutic Carriage Driving Event Supports Team USA
The Brass Oak Driving Club, a county wide organization will sponsor the Competitive Therapeutic Carriage Driving event May 26th starting at 9 am until 3 pm. The public is encouraged to stop by anytime and observe this amazing fast growing equestrian sport, featuring a Combined Carriage Driving Test. The event supports Team USA.
World class drivers including a disabled carriage driver will demonstrate this extraordinary sport. The United States Driving for the Disabled is the national nonprofit organization which fosters opportunities for competitors to compete nationally and internationally by offering training and financial support.
Diane Kastama, a resident of Arroyo Grande, hopes to represent the USA in August and is currently pre-qualified for the next World Competition coming this summer in the Netherlands.
Kastama’s exceptional competitive driving skills have won her international acclaim plus bronze, gold and silver medals. Equestrian extraordinaire, Kastama, is a strong contender for the 2012 World Competition. “She has a very strong chance of winning,” said Linda Fairbanks past President of Gold Coast Driving for the Disabled.
Donations to Team USA will assist the team in their travel and are tax deductible.
This event will be in Arroyo Grande. Contact Diane for more information (805)343-6026 or DKastama@verizon.net
May 6, 2012
Trailer Safety Training
Greetings everyone,
From the Horse Emergency Evacuation Team
Our next training will be Trailer Safety with CHP Officer Ty Murray. With Spring in the air it’s a good time to take our meeting outside, where everyone is encouraged to bring their tow vehicle and trailers to the class. Officer Murray will be going over trailer safety, hazards of the road and the recent law changes that affect gooseneck trailers. After he is done speaking, he will take a look at our trucks/trailers and give us suggestions if anything needs to be changed. At this time we have new members back-up and do maneuvers though a course we set up.
Time: 9:00 AM
Where: Cuesta College Parking lot A-1
What to bring: Chair, tow vehicle/trailer
April 25, 2012
Buggy Buddy Day
Interested in carriage driving? Join Brass Oak Driving Society’s Buggy Buddy Day at Mike and Ann McClure’s Cabbage Patch Farm in Arroyo Grande on Sunday, April 29th. Fee for the day is $10/person; bring your own lunch; events will begin around 9:30 a.m. and run till about 3:00 p.m. During lunch, Diane Kastama will discuss how to set up a musical freestyle presentation and anyone who would like to try it can do so after lunch. Diane might even entertain us with a musical freestyle demonstration of her own! Please RSVP to Ann at (805)481-0530 if you would like to attend.
April 25, 2012
