[drivingpairs] new member with lots of questions
- From: Mike & Marjean McIntyre <Tenpenny@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Pairs Driving List <drivingpairs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 18:59:24 -0400
Hi, I am Marjean McIntyre. Some of you will know me from the CD-L, I ha=
ve
been driving an older horse at the upper levels of combined driving the
last few years but now I am wanting to start driving him pair with my new=
young horse that is coming up. My older horse is a very experienced pair=
and four horse, having come from Jack Wetzel, and also having been driven=
in the past by Bill Long, so I have one experienced horse and one very
green one. =
My starting question has to do with harness. I purchased a very nice use=
d
pair harness, but I have a few glitches getting it started, mainly with t=
he
breeching. The breeching strap buckles into a complete circle. I do not=
have a D ring on the girth to attach it down between the front legs with =
a
snap, and no false martingale. I cannot pass it through the trace buckle=
and then under the keepers, as the keeper is not big enough for both
straps. =
So here is the question. =
The straps are too short the way they are, to buckle back on themselves, =
so
I am going to have to get new ones regardless of how I end up connecting
them. Would you just get longer ones, like the ones I have and buckle th=
em
in a big circle, through the leather opening and buckle for the trace, or=
would you have a D ring added to the girth and have straps made to connec=
t
between the front legs. I have found out that alot of people apparently
prefer the yankee breeching that goes down between the legs, but to me, i=
t
looks like the circle on the side will work okay, and not require more
modifications. My breastcollars don't have a D for a false martingale, s=
o
if I connect them to the girth, I won't have a false martingale on the
front. Another option, would be to have the D added to the breastcollar,=
and then could I just put a ring in the loop of the false martingale arou=
nd
the girth, or do I need a D on the girth itself? If I do that, I would
think you would have pinching issues, between the loop of the false
martingale that the girth goes through, and the D on the back of the girt=
h
for the yankee britching. =
Is there a good reason I can't just stick with the current arrangement an=
d
just get longer straps, and not mess with trying to modify everything els=
e?
Hope this is all as clear as mud. VBG Thanks in advance for any and all
help. =
Marjean =
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