Wagon Rides in Red Bank NJ

We are providing Wagon Rides in Red Bank NJ every saturday until Christmas Eve 1-5 pm.

Prince and Bill are haming it up for the camera.

Prince is one of our primary wedding horses.

We just successfully completed wagon rides in Hightstown NJ last nigh and will be heading to Sea Cliff Long Island NY tonight. This is exciting as I grew up in Sea Cliff.

One of our horse drawn carriages will be at a private fund raiser in Rumson tonight also.

Dec 11 will have us in Bayonne NJ with our horse drawn Surrey 11 am - 3 pm at the Town Center.

Come visit. Take lot's of pictures and e-mail them to us at carriagerides@att.net

Carriage Operators of North America CONA

Tania,

Sorry we are out doing carriage events all weekend. I did read your email
regarding PETA and the Red Bank Center. As CONA ( Carriage Operators of North
America) has stated before, PETA is a group of radical extremists who have an
animals rights/VEGAN agenda that is so far removed from mainstream America that
their radical approach is falling on deaf ears.

PETA looks to scare businesses and individuals into promoting their agenda
that all animals should be free and have the same rights as human beings. They
have no plan or financing to support any of these animals and do in
fact routinely euthanize dogs and cats in their care. PETA would rather see an
animal dead than domesticated.

American's throughout the country have turned a deaf ear to their
propaganda as they look to survive these difficult economic times. Many
commercial establishments around the country offer carriage rides to attract
customers and to provide a wholesome family entertainment as a thank you to
their communities.

PETA offers no solutions to the problems facing Americans who struggle to
make ends meet and care for their pets, they prefer to intimidation and
rhetoric.

In a democratic nation the truth eventually comes to the surface as we are
seeing in New York City and around the nation. I saw your pictures from Red Bank
Center and the health and beauty of your animals shines through in your
pictures.

Sincerely,

Linda Kramer
President
CONA

Dec 4 2011 Schedule for Wagon Rides

Wagon Rides Cranbury Twp NJ 12-4pm

Wagoon Rides Palisades Park NJ 6-9 pm also Petting Zoo.

Wagon Rides Pine Beach NJ 4:30-8:30 pm we will have 2 wagons here.

PETA and Red Bank Wagon Rides

This is our response to PETA's dire warnings to Red Bank about the wagon rides.

Please refer to our other blog In Defense of the Carriage Horse for background information.

The horses we use in Red Bank are hand selected for calmness. We try maybe
20 horses and only settle on 1 or 2 that possess the necessary calmness
needed to perform this type of work.
Yes other companies are not so discriminating in their choices as they
either do not understand what is required or do not care.
Some of the other carriage companies actually drug their horses before an
event inviting accidents to happen.
We do not buy horses and use them without extensive trials at home and on
local roads with loud noises and cars and trucks passing
and the occassional sirens.
Our horses are not nervous but extremely placid and solid.
We care for our horses and love them as family pets. When they can no
longer work we keep them and care for them until they die
of natural causes. Our horses are out in pasture most of the week, not
confined to stalls and not used every day. Our horses are rotated
so none of them work too much.
I think this is something you need to accept that not all horses and their
owners are created equal and that you have to allow that sometimes
others know better than you what is safe for their horses.
We don't believe that you have the right to malign all horse and carriage
owners with your remarks.