Robyn Cuffey has co-authored two highly successful books using her years of experience with horses, Retraining the Harness Racehorse and The Essential Guide to Carriage Driving.

Robyn has also assisted in the production of two DVDs for Rural Heritage, Horse & Cart and
Sleighs and Sleighbells.


$12.49 + $2.50 shipping & handling = $14.99
Maine residents add $.63 sales tax.
Please mail your order to:

Robyn Cuffey
244 Rankin Road
Buxton, ME 04093

NEW!

Equestrians' Guide to Acadia
by Robyn Cuffey

Everything you need to know to have an enjoyable trip to Acadia National Park with your horse. Information includes directions to the Park, accomodations for horses and humans, preparative fitness and training as well as highlights of the famous Carriage Roads.

Includes 6 handy, easy to read laminated cards with directions through the carriage roads. Ready to clip on your saddle or belt.


$21.95 plus $3.00 shipping/handling. Please mail your order to:

Robyn Cuffey
244 Rankin Road
Buxton, ME 04093

Retraining the Harness Racehorse
by Mary Anne Donovan-Wright & Robyn Cuffey

"....blows the commonly held misconceptions about Standardbred horses out of the water in its first few pages and goes on to totally reeducate the reader about a squandered resource in the equine world. A history of the breed is followed by the authors' own, not-so-predictable, introductions into the world of harness racing horses cum saddle prospects. Their candor and warmth lead you straight into the following chapters with the resolve that, 'Hey, if they can do this... so can I!' " -- Rhonda J. Hart, Editor, The Gaited Horse magazine

"This is a great book filled with knowledge, wisdom and compassion. I look forward to a second edition." -- Robert Causey, DVM, PhD, Animal and Veterinary Sciences, University of Maine

"The retraining manuals are very useful to our adoptive owners. We refer others to it often." -- Ontario Standardbred Adoption Society

"At last, an easy, step-by-step guide to retraining harness racehorses for pleasure use is available for Standardbred owners... although books on training abound, none were specifically geared towards Standardbreds and their strengths and weaknesses until now. Both authors bring years of Standardbred retraining experiences to the work, and share them throughout the book." -- Anne Loiselle, Hoof Beats magazine


$24.95 plus $3.00 shipping/handling.
Or, order the book with the Horse & Cart DVD for $49.95 plus $5.00 shipping & handling.
Please mail your order to:

Robyn Cuffey
244 Rankin Road
Buxton, ME 04093

The Essential Guide to Carriage Driving
Robyn Cuffey and Jaye-Allison Winkel

Seeing the need for a truly practical guide to carriage driving, the authors combined their over thirty years' of driving experience in the writing of The Essential Guide to Carriage Driving. Generously illustrated with over 350 photographs and diagrams and covering topics ranging from the selection and fitting of harness and vehicle to preparing for competition and driving multiples, this book is sure to become an indispensable resource.

Robyn Cuffey is an international clinician specializing in retraining Standardbred horses. Cuffey began carriage driving twenty years ago and in this time she has driven for recreation and for competition in combined driving, pleasure showing and competitive driving. She has trained and driven horses and ponies for single driving and pairs. Knowing that too many people are lucky to "survive" their first carriage driving experiences with ill-fitting and marginally safe equipment and inappropriate horses and vehicles, helping others get a safe start in carriage driving is a primary goal for Cuffey. As an instructor and trainer at her Buxton, Maine farm, Cuffey fields questions about carriage driving almost daily. This book was written in response to this interest from students and fellow horse owners.

Paperback, 8 ½ x 11 in., 155 pages, with black & white photos and drawings
Published 2003, ISBN 0-9746351-0-3


The DVDs can be ordered for $31.50 plus shipping/handling.
Or, order The Essential Guide to Carriage Driving with the Horse & Cart DVD for $49.95 plus $5.00 shipping & handling.
Please mail your order to:

Robyn Cuffey
244 Rankin Road
Buxton, ME 04093

Horse & Cart (DVD-R)

In this video companion to her book The Essential Guide to Carriage Driving Maine clinician Robyn Cuffey offers helpful tips on selecting affordable and safe combinations of beginner's cart and lightweight breast-collar pleasure driving harness for a single horse, shows variations in harness styles, explains how to apply and adjust the various harness parts and how to hitch the horse to the cart's shafts, and demonstrates safe driving on the road.

Sleighs and Sleighbells (DVD-R)

Sleighs come in numerous styles, as ably demonstrated by Ursula Baier, a volunteer at Skyline Farm in North Yarmouth, Maine. Ursula takes you on a guided tour of the Skyline Farm collection of sleighs and cutters, pointing out the features that make each one unique. Then Robyn Cuffey of West Buxton, Maine, shows the proper techniques for driving a sleigh, along with some tips on how to turn and how to avoid getting into trouble in deep snow. Finally, Vicki Schmidt of Hebron, Maine, displays many different styles of sleighbell - including hip drops, shaft bells, body bells, hame bells, and saddle chimes - shows how to attach each style, and demonstrates how to accustom a horse to hearing and wearing bells.