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2. A part of a driving harness placed on the back, forming an attachment point for several other harness parts, taking the weight of the shafts or pole. [12]: 233–4 saddle blanket, saddle pad (US) 1. Padding placed between the saddle and a horse's back. Sometimes used only to keep a saddle clean from horse sweat. 2.
A breaststrap harness has a wide leather strap going horizontally across the horses' breast, attached to the traces and then to the load. This is used only for lighter loads. A collar and hames harness has a collar around the horses' neck with wood or metal hames in the collar. The traces attach from the hames to the load.
Harness racing is a form of horse racing in which the horses race at a specific gait (a trot or a pace). They usually pull a two-wheeled cart called a sulky , spider, or chariot occupied by a driver.
Harnesses from the front View of harness from above-rear. A horse harness is a device that connects a horse to a horse-drawn vehicle or another type of load to pull. There are two main designs of horse harness: (1) the breast collar or breaststrap, and (2) the full collar or collar-and-hames.
Harness racing Combined driving. Horses can race in harness, pulling a very lightweight one-person cart known as a sulky.At the other end of the spectrum, some draft horses compete in horse pulling competitions, where single or teams of horses and their drivers vie to determine who can pull the most weight for a short distance.
The travois was dragged by hand, sometimes fitted with a shoulder harness for more efficient dragging, or dragged by dogs or horses (after the 16th-century introduction of horses by the Spanish). A travois could either be loaded by piling goods atop the bare frame and tying them in place, or by first stretching cloth or leather over the frame ...
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A harness is a looped restraint or support. Specifically, it may refer to one of the following harness types: Bondage harness; Child harness; Climbing harness; Dog harness; Five-point harness, a type of seatbelt; Horse harness; Pet harness; Safety harness; Windsurfing harness; Harness may also refer to: Cable harness; Full harness restraints ...