Our Horse Drawn Hearse business, established in 2003, specialises in traditional horse drawn funerals for hire to funeral directors and private individuals. We usually use a pair of horses to pull the hearses, but specialise in teams of 4 or 6 horses. As well as black horse drawn hearses, we can also provide a white horse drawn hearse, which is normally pulled by our lovely French Arab greys, or our stunning dapple greys. In addition to the black and white horse drawn hearses, we can also provide a silver hearse and gun carriage by special arrangement.
Karen has been awarded the British Driving Society Road Driving Certificate for Commercial Operators of Horse Drawn Vehicles for a team of horses, as well as a pair, and has applied for membership of the Professional Carriage Masters Association.
Our prices start from £600 for a black hearse and a pair of black horses. However, we try to meet whatever special requirements our clients have for their horse drawn funeral, so please feel free to ring Karen for a quotation for something different.
Due to our central location in the East Midlands, we are easily able to offer our services in and around Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Staffordshire, Lancashire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Warwickshire, the West Midlands (including Birmingham) and Yorkshire,. However, as we are just 5 minutes from M1 Junction 25, we have easy motorway access to any part of the country and so greater distances are not a problem.
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ABOUT KAREN BASSETT
Karen Bassett is a leading international horse team carriage driver. She is one of Britain’s top carriage drivers and has competed as part of the British Team at the last 8 World Four-in-Hand Carriage Driving Championships.
In May 2011, she was featured in the ITV programme 'All the Queen's Horses', presented by Alan Titchmarsh, and also drove Alan around Royal Windsor showground in her dressage phaeton.
She began carriage driving at the age of 8 and started driving a pony team at the age of 12.
Since 1980, she has won the National Four-in-Hand Pony Team Championship 7 times, the National Four-in-Hand Horse Team Championship 5 times and is the 2011 National Four-in-Hand Pony Team Champion.
At Saumur in 1995, Karen became the first lady ever to win an International Four-in-Hand Carriage Driving competition.
In 1996, Karen was part of the British Team when they won a Bronze Medal at the World Championship.
The 2004 World Four-in-Hand Carriage Driving Championship was a good year for Karen. She finished 12th overall, was the highest placed British driver and was the Leading Lady Driver.
At the 2006 and 2008 World Four-in-Hand Championships, Karen retained her title as the Leading Lady Driver.
