[drivingpairs] Re: What weight can a pair pull?

In a message dated 2/27/2006 1:12:17 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
pipacees@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
Also how much height difference is acceptable for a pair?
It would seem that a major factor that height makes is length of stride.  
Leaders in a four are often smaller but it is important that the can move out 
with the larger wheel horses.

What weight could you fairly expect a pair of 15 hh standardbreds to pull?

In coaching with a four today, a horse will still pull his own weight plus.  
That has been true for 100s of years.

And is there a difference in pulling power between pacers and trotters?

Douglas Kemmerer
Middleburg, VA

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