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2. Horse harness - Wikipedia

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   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. For pulling heavy loads, a full collar is required because it distributes pressure over a larger area of the ...

3. Harness racing - Wikipedia

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   Harness racing. 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.

4. Driving (horse) - Wikipedia

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   Driving (horse) Driving, when applied to horses, ponies, mules, or donkeys, is a broad term for hitching equines to a wagon, carriage, cart, sleigh, or other horse-drawn vehicle by means of a harness and working them in this way. It encompasses a wide range of activities from pleasure driving, to harness racing, to farm work, horse shows, and ...

5. Carriage driving - Wikipedia

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   Carriage driving is a form of competitive horse driving in harness in which larger two- or four-wheeled carriages (sometimes restored antiques) are pulled by a single horse, a pair, tandem or a four-in-hand team. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh helped to expand the sport. He started to compete in carriage driving in 1971, and the early rule ...

6. Dutch Harness Horse - Wikipedia

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   The Dutch Harness Horse, or Tuigpaard, is a warmblood breed of fine driving horse that has been developed in the Netherlands since the end of World War II. Their studbook is kept by the Koninklijk Warmbloed Paardenstamboek Nederland (Royal Warmblood Horse Studbook of the Netherlands) or KWPN. The breed is based on the native Groningen and ...

7. Horse tack - Wikipedia

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   A horse harness is a set of devices and straps that attaches a horse to a cart, carriage, sledge or any other load. There are two main styles of harnesses - breaststrap and collar and hames style. These differ in how the weight of the load is attached.

8. Troika (driving) - Wikipedia

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   Troika (driving) A troika pulled by horses from the Moscow stud, with the middle horse wearing a horse collar and shaft bow, and the side horses in breastcollar harness. Traveler in a Kibitka by Aleksander Orlowski, an 1819 lithograph. A troika (Russian: тройка, "triplet" or "trio") is a traditional Russian harness driving combination ...

9. Horse collar - Wikipedia

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   A horse collar is a part of a horse harness that is used to distribute the load around a horse 's neck and shoulders when pulling a wagon or plough. The collar often supports and pads a pair of curved metal or wooden pieces, called hames, to which the traces of the harness are attached. The collar allows the horse to use its full strength when ...