Editorial Team
Richard James, Editor
Richard's extensive carriage driving career spans more than five decades. A highly respected member of the carriage driving community, Richard is a knowledgeable driver, driving everything from singles or pairs to tandem and team.
Richard has been a member of the British Driving Society (BDS) since 1959 and on its Governing Council and Business Committee since 1979. He was also a member of the BDS Show Committee from 1965 to 1998 and the BDS Show Director from 1976 to 1996.
Richard is a senior BDS judge, a BDS Proficiency Test examiner, a Driving for the Disabled Test examiner, a Coaching Club judge, and a British Horse Driving Trials Association Judge.
In 1980 he was appointed by the International Equestrian Federation (FEI), the world governing body for equestrian sport, to its international panel of judges and technical delegates for horse driving trials. Richard received the BDS Medal of Honour in 1988 and was appointed a Vice President and in 2000.
Richard is also a member of the Light Harness Horse Training Board, an organisation jointly formed by the British Horse Society and the BDS in 1992 as the governing body for the testing and assessment of candidates taking the Light Harness Horse Instructors qualification (LHHI), for which Richard is a verifier.
He has officiated as an FEI Technical Delegate or FEI Judge in Australia, Canada, Europe and the United States in addition to the United Kingdom, at FEI international and world championship events since 1980 and has been the Technical Delegate for driving at the World Equestrian Games on three occasions.
In 2003 he was appointed to the FEI Driving Committee and is currently the Deputy Chairman.
Richard purchased Carriage Driving Magazine in 1991, becoming its editor, taking it from its then black and white format to full colour. He held ownership until June 2004 when the title was purchased by the Mark Allen Group, although he remained at its helm as editor.
He also is a highly talented photographer, taking many of the photographs that appear in the magazine, and those for the calendar.
Stephanie Kill, Deputy Editor
Following a career in marketing, sales and event organization, Stephanie joined Carriage Driving in April 2004 as an editorial assistant, becoming deputy editor in June 2005.
Stephanie has a love of the countryside and has edited in-house publications and sat on committees of voluntary organizations including, the National Trust, British Trust for Conservation Volunteers, Essex Wildlife Trust and the Forest Enterprise.
Stephanie has a passion for all things equestrian and has owned and ridden horses for many years. She is a novice driver; her ambition being to progress competitively and with an overall aim of one day becoming an LHHI.