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The Parade or Pulling harness, the Draft Horse Harness, and the Pleasure Driving Halter!
Draft GamesDraft Games are a collection of games meant to test the strength and endurance of Draft Horses.
Traditionally, this involves plowing fields, one of the first uses of working horses. Log Pulling, is usually done over a certain distance, the fastest wins. Weight pulling involves pulling weighs over a distance of usually 150 m. competition starts at 1500 pounds (680.38 kg), and with a team of 2 horses. 1 horse is the 'leader', the other the 'brute force'. In Weight Pulling, their always is a vet to check the horse's heart between the pulls. Vets have the ultimate say if a horse can pull more weight.The Wiki: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horse_pu…
Examples:
Driving Involves different classes, 1 or more horses pulling a carriage.
Carriage Wiki: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carriage
Horse Harness Wiki: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horse_ha…
The Classes
Dressage Driving: This is simply put, Dressage with a harness. Horse(s) must preform their gaits correctly, and drive in certain patterns. They must behave well, displaying natural elegance and harmony with the rider. 
Marathon Driving: This is very comparable with Cross-Country. Horse(s)
Obstacle Cone Driving: be the fastest without hitting the cones!
Fine harness; Light horses, pulling a light, four-wheeled cart. The Harness is usually a light, breastplate without a horse collar. Fine harness it is a "high action" class, restricted to Arabians, Saddlebreds, and other breeds with a similar extreme gait: wiki: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fine_har…
Ban'ei; Draft or powerful build horses, pulling a heavily-weighted sled, over sand ramps. The origin of this race is Japan. Wiki: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ban%27ei Chuckwagon racing; a rodeo like race. Horses pull a chuckwagon as a team. First over the finish line wins. wiki: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuckwag…
Scurry Driving; a pony race. 2 Ponies pull a carriage. The track shown by cons, and the goals is being the fastest without knocking over the balls on the cons. wiki: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scurry_D…
harness racing; Light cold-blooded horses & Standardbreds are mostly used for these races. Horses must preform a certain gait, (usually trot or pace) and pull 2-wheeled carts called 'sulky'. 1 horse per cart. wiki: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harness_…
Roadster; ponies and horses. In this 'race' you are judged by you're horses manners and performance. They have to preform a certain gait, usually a slow trot. wiki: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roadster…
Pleasure driving; Horses and Ponies pull a 2-or 4-wheeled cart. They must walk and show 2 speeds of trot. This class is usually judged on the horse's manners, performance, conformation, & quality. Wiki: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleasure…
Troika: 3 horses pull a sleigh (usually trough the snow, the origin of this is in Russia) 3 horses next to each other, the horses on the ouside must gallop, and the horse in the inside must trot.The troika is essentially just three abreast regardless of whether you have runners or wheels (they use this configuration in the summer too).
wiki: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troika_(…
Combined Driving: Horses and Ponies of all breeds. Horses pull a 2 or 4 wheeled cart. This class is comparable with the ridden class 'eventing'; Phase A is the dressage class, Phase B is the Marathon and Phase C is the Obstacle Cone Driving. (Dressage, cross-country & showjumping) The number of horses varies in this class. Most commonly is Single, Pair and Four-in-Hand, but their are many more. Wiki: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combined…
The number and arrangement of the horses pulling a cart
-Single: 1 horse pulling a cart
-Pair: 2 horses next to each other pulling a cart
-Four-in-Hand: 4 horses, divided into 2 pairs, 1 pair in front of the other.
-Tandem: 2 horses, 1 horse in front of the other
-Randem: 3 horses, All in a line in front of the cart
-Unicorn: 3 horses; 2 in front of the cart, 1 horse in front of them
-Pickaxe: 3 horses; 1 in front of the cart, 2 horses in front of them
The pickax is typically a five horse hitch. Two wheelers and three leads. The advantage is in the turning (two wheelers can go sharper than three) and still have the power of five horses without going three deep or really wide.
-three abreast: 3 horses; Side by side
-four abreast: 4 horses, side by side
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