Short Biography of Bill Long

"Bill Long on the way to winning the marathon at the Laurels CDE 2005"

    Bill Long is and has been one of the top Four-In-Hand drivers in the world.

   Bill Long was Born in Ottawa, Canada in 1945, he moved with his family to the US at an early age. His extended family still resides in Canada. Bill drove his first 4-in-hand at the age of 8 and has been driving ever since. In 1976 he started driving for the USET at National and International competitions of Combined Driving.

   Bill immediately Found in that sport something that was to stick with him, and in 1982 he competed at his first World Driving Championship in Hungry representing the US at the first of 6 World Championships to date.

   In 1985 he was the first American to win the Royal Windsor Grand Prix in England. The following year he was the recipient of the of the Whitney Stone Memorial Trophy, which is the highest honor given by the USET each year to ambassador to Equine Sports in the United States.

   In 1991, Bill moved with his family to Southern Pines, North Carolina and started his own Driving Center. He resides there with his wife Linda.

   Bill is currently an American Driving Society and USEF Recorded Judge. With a new sponsor Bill recently started driving a new team of Holsteiners from Hungary.

   Bill retired a team of Dutch Warmbloods last year after winning the Driving Derby at the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto, Canada.