Muffy Seaton

Muffy Seaton

Driving Expert

Background

Muffy Seaton is a well-known driver, trainer and breeder of driving ponies.  For the past 30 years, she has been an active CDE and Pleasure Driving competitor, judge and clinician.  In addition Muffy has served on ADS & USEF driving committees and was the Mid-Atlantic Regional ADS Representative for three years.  She is a Registered USEF and ADS judge in Pleasure, Combined Driving and Driving Dressage.  She also is one of very few worldwide to hold the prestigious Light Harness Horse Instructors license given out by the British Driving Society.

Driving her Dartmoor pair of “Fleas”, Muffy has won every major Combined Driving Event in the East. In 1997 she was invited to represent the United States at the Royal Windsor Horse Show in England where she placed third overall and was the highest placed American. Her accolades are numerous and include holding the USEF National Pony Champion title 4 times, first with a four-in-hand and then with her pair. In 2005 she trained and qualified the only pony that won the gold medal at the World Pony Championships in England.

She and her husband, Doug, run a residential driving program from their Shepherd’s Purse farm in South Carolina. Shepherd’s Purse is also now a new “learning center” for the CAA Driver’s Proficiency Program, of which Muffy is an instructor and evaluator.

As a clinician, Muffy believes a strong bond of confidence has to exist between the driver and the driving horse in order to have a safe and happy turnout.  She stresses communication and trust in all her training sessions.

Muffy and Drive On Productions have released a book and a video called “Bending the Driving Horse” that outlines her training methods of producing balanced happy driving horses, as well as the videos “Turnout and Presentation” and “Combined Driving 101”. Her newest video, Navigating 101, helps with questions from would-be navigators. Drive On Productions has now just released a new video addressing the basics of harnessing for those new to the sport of driving.

Find clinic schedules, in-house training and current events on Muffy’s website, www.muffyseaton.com.

Muffy Seaton is scheduled to appear:
Friday at 8:00 am in the John Deere Coliseum
Friday at 3:30 pm in the Nutrena SafeChoice Room
Saturday at 11:30 am in the Nutrena Senior Room
Saturday at 1:30 pm in the Hutchison HW Brand Arena
Sunday at 9:00 am in the Hutchison HW Brand Arena
Sunday at 2:00 pm in the Nutrena Senior Room