Gloria Austin

Gloria Austin grew up on a thousand acre farm in rural New York State. Her mastery of the basics of horse care and horsemanship led to opportunities for her to successfully show and compete throughout the world later in life. Ms. Austin's interest in the horse world was initially as a riding enthusiast. Driven by an intense intellectual curiosity, she took up driving horses, and, subsequently, collecting horse drawn vehicles. She is well known for her awards in both driving and carriage restoration.

Ms. Austin has competed at all levels in traditional carriage driver training. She is best known today as one of the world's premier four-in-hand and coaching drivers. To complement this "in ring" involvement, Gloria serves on the Board of Directors of the Carriage Museum of America, founding member of the Four-in- Hand Club; she maintains active memberships in the World Coaching Club , European Private Driving Club, and British Driving Society. Her love of travel and carriages has allowed her to drive in fourteen countries on four continents with eighteen different horse breeds. She is an active lecturer and can be found keynoting at various equine conferences and workshops.