Princess Cinderella

Horse And Carriage – Stand Out From The Crowd

French Wedding Horse and Carriage

Some advice on selecting a horse and carriage for your castle wedding.

- a pair of horses makes more of a wow statement.  

- how big is the carriage.Will it hold you and your wedding dress comfortably. You do not want to be squished.  Carriages for smaller horses are smaller inside as well.  A carriage pulled by a pair of horses over 16 hand high is roomy and makes a great impression.  

- think about the weather.  Does the carriage you are considering have a canopy or a glass cover.  Victorian carriages and Landaus are popular for this very reason.

- Ask how the carriage is going to be decorated – at the very least you should get a pair of brass lanterns and flowers. {Do the horses wear plumes?} So the flowers do not get blown to smitherines, companies usually use artificial flowers.  If you want additional colour real flowers can be added for your static photos.

- Do the pair of horses match – colour, height, blaze and socks and stepping action.A pair of matching black or bay or brown horses will looks exceedingly more impressive than an unmatched pairs.  Ask to see a video if at all possible.  Long white socks and blazes look stunning and are very popular. It is like a french manicure for your horses – it defines and highlights their stepping action and high socks look best.    You could ask if the company will braid the horses manes with your colour scheme.   Do the horses have feathers on their feet?  In my opinion the heavier carriage horses Clydesdales, Percherons, Shires, Friesians do not look as romantic.   They may be suitable if you want a Gypsy style caravan wedding transport – but for a cinderella arrival horses with a little Hackney in their blood are finer boned and have a stunning high knee action that delivers wow factor.

- If you are going to have a video think about the stepping action of the horses.  Horses bred with some hackney blood have a lovely knee-high stepping action which looks incredible.  Dutch bred gelderlander horses usually have some hackney blood in them for that high stepping action.  It seems a shame to go to the expense of a horse and carriage and then not have a horse that looks the part – fine and elegant.      They run the KWPN register of the most prestigous warmblood horses in the world.

- Ask what attire the driver and groom (not your man – the one holding the horses) will wear.

- Think about the distance that you need to travel.  Horses do not go at 100 kilometres per hour and are limited on the distance that they can travel.

- Think about safety.  Unfortunately in some countries wedding carriage drivers are not regulated and you get some cowboys.  Check that they are experienced  – ask to see photos of different brides.   I have seen carriages for shetlands hitched to a cob.  Not only does it look ridiculous but it is down right dangerous. Check that they have insurance and take out wedding insurance yourself.  

Destination weddings are a thriving business with 16% of U.S. brides choosing them last year, up 400% ten years ago.  While the price tag for a celebrity castle wedding often runs well over a $1 million your typical chateau wedding can be done for far less. European chateaux are being booked by non-celebrities in droves

 Saying “I do” in a french wedding chateau is as fashionable as carrying the latest Louis Vuitton handbag for Hollywood celebrities today.

Anyone, especially non-celebrities can rent a french wedding chateau venue and get married in France and have a fairytale castle wedding of their dreams. Cinderella, you shall get to the wedding.

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