Mr. and Mrs. Harvey and Mary Waller and their ‘Old Times’ road coach won their fourth consecutive Green Meadows Four-In-Hand Coaching Appointments Class victory at the Royal Horse Show, held as part of the 97th Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in Toronto, ON.
The Green Meadows Coaching division, sponsored by Hugessen Consulting, Inc., features six classes dedicated to the great tradition of the road coaches and park drags of years gone by. The Green Meadows Appointments Class is judged on the performance of the horses and the presentation of the road coach or park drag, with strong emphasis on appointments that include authentic lunch chests, stick and umbrella baskets, coachmens’ aprons, and other accoutrements.
“It’s so much a part of the elegance of The Royal and its history,” said Willa Gauthier, Chair of the Royal Horse Show, of the Green Meadows competition. “It’s something that is so historical and almost ‘other world’ that you don’t get anywhere else. I think it’s critical to the tradition of The Royal.”