Hi, could someone please tell me how tight the bellyband should be?(photos would be ace!) We just have it quite loose so the shafts cant tip up, but can still move a bit, but someone keeps saying we have them too loose as he straps them down quite a lot tighter.
bellyband how tight?
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what is a belly band if you dont mind me asking?
ETA: i didnt realise this was in the driving section dw
ETA: i didnt realise this was in the driving section dw
bellyband
its the strap that carries on from the tugs downwards and fastens over the girth if that makes sense? Im rubbish at describing things! it holds the tugs in place so the cart cant tip up.
its the strap that carries on from the tugs downwards and fastens over the girth if that makes sense? Im rubbish at describing things! it holds the tugs in place so the cart cant tip up.
You want enough play in the belly band to allow a couple of inches movement in the shafts. Generally if you can fit a fist between the horse and the belly band low down, that gives about the right feel.....that for a small pony,
However if I am using a 4 wheeler with shafts as one unit I do th belly band tighter, not as tight as the girth but only allow a small amount of movement in the shafts.
Independent shafts need tilbury tugs and a belly band as tight as the girth.
However if I am using a 4 wheeler with shafts as one unit I do th belly band tighter, not as tight as the girth but only allow a small amount of movement in the shafts.
Independent shafts need tilbury tugs and a belly band as tight as the girth.
bellyband
cheers Wally, that helps a lot. Oh, and BTW your reins are on "wrong" also- we keep getting told that plain cheek is wrong.
cheers Wally, that helps a lot. Oh, and BTW your reins are on "wrong" also- we keep getting told that plain cheek is wrong.
Oh dear, my poor horse, having "wrong reins"
Why do some folk have to display their higgorance. Is rough cheek the only way forward then?
apparently! and we would get marked down in a show if we had them plain cheek...I wouldnt usually believe that but, ....he is a judge!
we used to have our reins just on like that or on the slots (usually first occasionally bottom if he was been speedy )
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Plain cheek is perfectly acceptable if your horse is happy and you have control.
Jeeze. I went out with my instructor with her Tandemlast week, the wheeler is so, SO light she goes on plain cheek, the leader, who, as you'd expect for a tandem leader, likes to go on a bit, so is on rough cheek.
My instructor is an international judge, just judged HOYS last year. She's great!
Jeeze. I went out with my instructor with her Tandemlast week, the wheeler is so, SO light she goes on plain cheek, the leader, who, as you'd expect for a tandem leader, likes to go on a bit, so is on rough cheek.
My instructor is an international judge, just judged HOYS last year. She's great!
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