Vermont Horse Pulling Contest

[saintflash]

what is the device that sits close to ground in back of horses to tie to to pull load?

[horsefarm06]

@saintflash The bar they hook to the load is called an evener. It balances the load between the two horses, keeps them pulling straight.

[saintflash]

What do they call the bar-like piece used with horses clode to ground to tie-in to load to be pulled?

[ooCountryoo]

it wakes them up and tells them that its time for them to do there job..if anyone has questions about Horsepulling you can contact me on my youtube account ill be happy to answer them.....oh by the way i have 6 teams that means 12 horses.....and you never split up a team of horses

[ooCountryoo]

yes we do compeat but its not like playing basketball and you do streaches or anything like that..all we really do is before there class is up(when horses of the same weight go in the ring) we walk them around were ever we can find...i like to walk them seperate then together...people say that when they see us pushing on our horses and "hitting" the with our raighns that were being mean...thats not it at all....horses tend to fall asleep up there when there getting ready to pull...continue again

[ooCountryoo]

noodlechild666....to answer your question...( i am from wilmington and have done horse pulls),,,,,what happens is that we take a team of horses(two horses) and we hook them up to a sled with alot of weight and have them pull it around. we add more weight to it every once and a while to ease the horses into it. these horse we use are also logging horses and also collecting sap horses....they love to do this kind of stuff, thee is no real warm up we do with them because it is not a sport..continue

[VermontJrFireFighter]

thats an easy pull

[crazypunk978]

Wow that's amazing. Theses horses are beautiful. Good job :)

[noodlechild666]

What sort of training and warm-up exercises do you put your horses through before competing?

[pastelct]

sorry I just filmed them they are not mine

[MPandKT]

thats a nice team you have my uncle has a teama nd both my cousins do and i hitch for them i love it we go all over the place

[pastelct]

thank you.

[lejeter]

My team was there to. Johnson and Johnson. Gordy was the one driving the team. THANKS

[pastelct]

I'm so happy you saw it and liked it!

thanks for letting me know.

[mandaleacalico]

you can tell those horses enjpy it cuz of the way they were a bit toey as soon as they lined up and pulled as soon as the link was dropped

[pastelct]

thanks

[pastelct]

Thanks. It was a fun thing to watch. It was very hot that day.

[Suzbekistan]

Gorgeous horses!