We are seeking sponsors for up to 30 individuals in 2024. As a sponsor, you can follow along to see your students advancement and have the opportunity to celebrate their graduations! Your support helps the working horses in our herd do their part in helping care for the retired and disabled members. 

Our intensive courses in Draft Horse Driving Level 1 are hands-on and require dedication, hard work, willingness, and compassion.

This is a 12wk comprehensive program that meets twice a week at Anam Cara Farm in Central Maine.

Next sessions begin spring 2024.

You will learn how to harness and drive a single horse and team.

You will gain skills to hitch and unhitch. All with an emphasis on SAFETY! You will learn proper draft horse care and improve horse handling skills while focusing on a holistic approach to equine management. 

Pamela Rickenbach, our founder & director, began driving horses in 2003. She taught hundreds of students (many from the Stockbridge School of Agriculture) the skills of horse driving & caring for draft horses. She uses a holistic approach so you walk away as a skilled driver & a better human.

Our students have gone on to become professional drivers, horse-powered farmers, and leaders in the equine community.

One student even recently became a large animal veterinarian!

Click below to hear from two of our graduates, Towner and Ben. ​

The horses are our greatest teachers. They will help you learn driving skills, yes. But as importantly, they will teach you emotional and spiritual awareness. They will teach you about YOU, whether you like it or not! Be ready to "go there" as Pam would say and make some lifelong connections.