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  2. Dog harness - Wikipedia

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    Sledding huskies wearing X-back style sled dog harnesses A dog participating in a weight-pull competition, wearing a weight-pull style sled harness. A military dog wearing tactical vest (tacvest) An assistance dog wearing a harness with a rigid handle. A dog harness is a piece of equipment consisting in part of straps that surround the dog’s ...

  3. Mushing - Wikipedia

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    Gangline: A cable and rope line system connecting the sled to the dogs' harnesses and collars, usually with carabiners, metal snaps, bungees, and knots. Tugline/s: Individual rope or cable sections made of the same material as the gangline which attach to the dogs' harnesses

  4. Hunt seat - Wikipedia

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    The rider is usually required to wear an ASTM/SEI-approved equestrian helmet with safety harness fastened. Although black, velvet-covered hunt caps were once popular, the old style caps provided virtually no actual protection to the head and are now prohibited for junior riders at any time while mounted, and are not allowed on riders of any age ...

  5. Horse tack - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. Equestrian use of roadways - Wikipedia

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    [citation needed] Some regulations only allow passing the horse-driven vehicle or horseback rider when it is safe to do so and prohibiting the use of any form of noise, such as a horn. [ 18 ] Reflectors at the rear of a horse-drawn vehicle must be visible from 500 feet when illuminated by the lower beams of headlamps of a motor vehicle.

  7. Horse harness - Wikipedia

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    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.

  8. Glossary of equestrian terms - Wikipedia

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    References A ace Slang for the drug acepromazine or acetyl promazine (trade names Atravet or Acezine), which is a sedative : 3 commonly used on horses during veterinary treatment, but also illegal in the show ring. Also abbreviated ACP. action The way a horse elevates its legs, knees, hock, and feet. : 3 Also includes how the horse uses its shoulder, humerus, elbow, and stifle; most often used ...

  9. Safety harness - Wikipedia

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    Safety harnesses have restraints that prevent the wearer from falling from a height. By wearing the belt or harness the risk of injury from a fall is greatly reduced. The harness allows the user to attach themselves to an object that is stationary, ensuring they will not hit the ground in the event of a possible fall.