Fabulous set of videos, I've watched all four, methinks I'll have to watch several times before I pluck up the courage to put our horse's harness on, going to buy it tomorrow 😊
This is really informative. It's one thing to tack up a horse with a peice that is already put together, but when it comes like this in a box, to know how to put it all togeter corectly is a compleatly different story. Looking forward to the next one.
Apart from the quickrelease snaps on the traces, some people here also put one between the backstrap and the saddle. Makes taking a cart off the horse in emergency (like in a ditch/water which we have plenty of here) much easier, breeching is often difficult to reach then. Snaps from the traces + saddle can have a rope to make opening them all easier in such an emergency. Run them up to the saddle and you only need te reach one fairly small area to seperate horse from cart.
Thanks for this, looking forward to the next ones. i still get confused when altering traces or breeching how it will affect other parts of the harness. Any chance you are planning a series of similar videos but for pairs harness. how to adjust coupling reins and trace length etc?
Barry seems like a really nice guy . So , lets see if we can keep him around for a while . Barry , loose over time , about 50 - 60 pounds off your front ! Your stomach should NOT be larger than a pony's . Good ! Their I have done a nice deed for the day ! Hello from Illinois !
We use breast collar rather than full collar harness mostly - unless doing logging work etc. At the moment we have a lot of Hartland harness as we find it very hardwearing which is important for the job we do, but we also use Zilco and others.
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Fabulous set of videos, I've watched all four, methinks I'll have to watch several times before I pluck up the courage to put our horse's harness on, going to buy it tomorrow 😊
This is really informative. It's one thing to tack up a horse with a peice that is already put together, but when it comes like this in a box, to know how to put it all togeter corectly is a compleatly different story.
Looking forward to the next one.
I cant wait for the next 2!! Thanks Barry and Mel.
This is great! I dearly hope you can go through harnessing a pair!
Thank you so much for explaining all about the harnessing.
Do you plan on making a similar series with a paired harness? :)
Apart from the quickrelease snaps on the traces, some people here also put one between the backstrap and the saddle. Makes taking a cart off the horse in emergency (like in a ditch/water which we have plenty of here) much easier, breeching is often difficult to reach then. Snaps from the traces + saddle can have a rope to make opening them all easier in such an emergency. Run them up to the saddle and you only need te reach one fairly small area to seperate horse from cart.
Thank you, Barry!
Thanks for this, looking forward to the next ones. i still get confused when altering traces or breeching how it will affect other parts of the harness. Any chance you are planning a series of similar videos but for pairs harness. how to adjust coupling reins and trace length etc?
We definitely can do - you're not the only person to ask, so hopefully we'll get around to it at some point!
Is that from Hartland Carriage in Horsham, West Sussex? Thanks for doing this video Barry & Mel !!!
Yep, it's a Hartland Harness - we'll be fitting it to Toffee and then Toffee to his Hartland Carriage in the next couple of videos - Rhi :)
thank you for these videos, i just bought a harness for my shetland pony so this is great :D
Barry seems like a really nice guy . So , lets see if we can keep him around for a while .
Barry , loose over time , about 50 - 60 pounds off your front ! Your stomach should NOT be larger than a pony's .
Good ! Their I have done a nice deed for the day ! Hello from Illinois !
Is that made out of biothane?
Yes, mostly - with leather on the crupper.
Jesus Barry, you scrub up well lol
What brand and kind of harness do you prefer to use?
We use breast collar rather than full collar harness mostly - unless doing logging work etc. At the moment we have a lot of Hartland harness as we find it very hardwearing which is important for the job we do, but we also use Zilco and others.