[drivingpairs] Re: Tandem Bars Are Better

If memory serves me and it may not , in the big draft shows both horses are
hitched to the vehicle when in tandem and the leader is in draft all of the
time. Is your leader in draft in CDE's when you are turning in the hazards??

Ansley
----- Original Message -----
From: Jay Hubert <jhubert@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <drivingpairs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, May 12, 2003 2:56 PM
Subject: [drivingpairs] Re: Tandem Bars Are Better


>
> Kathy, I have a question.  How do you attach your tandem bars to the
pulling
> system?  Did I read something about attaching to the center of the
wheelers breast
> collar?  Please explain.
>
> When using my tandem bars, they attach via short trace links to the same
tandem
> keys I use for the long traces. The center strap is used for support only,
and is
> never in draft.
>
> While corresponding with a friend on the Welsh Cob list, he mentioned that
he uses
> a long trace system for his leaders, where the leader traces connect to an
extra
> singletree on the carriage.  I am not sure how the extra long traces are
carried
> past the wheeler, but the wheelers harness is apparently not involved at
all in
> draft, when the leader IS in draft.
>
> BTW, my leader is intentionally in draft on the marathon portions of
CDE's, for
> just the same reason noted by Kathy.  And I agree with her on the
advantages of
> using tandem bars for the speed events.
>
> Jay E. Hubert
> Coffing Oaks Welsh Ponies
> Galt, CA
>
> Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons,
> because you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.
> And I STILL drive too fast to worry about cholesterol!
>
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