Due to 30% to 50% increase in Biothane, Hardware, Collars & Hames, etc., please add 20% to your harness order until we can check each item and change individual prices. Choose your Style & Options here, if you miss this message, we will contact you to offer a refund.
Please call us with any questions and to order by phone toll-free at 888-939-8225 or via cell at 407-230-7370.
When shopping for new harness, the possibilities are almost endless, making it easy to become overwhelmed with choices. We’re here to patiently answer any questions, share the many options available and guide you to the harness that is perfect for you. If you do not see it on the website, it does not mean that we don’t make it, we probably do and we love the challenge of making something brand new or “out of the box”.
Our advice is: Try not to be in a hurry, for most probably, your Lifetime Harness. Let’s get it exactly right, the first time.
Driving Harness Options to Consider
These are just some of the options available for customizing your driving harness.
- Finish: Shiny Biothane (Patent Leather Look) or Matt/Semi-Gloss Biothane, Contrast Color Lining which shows like “piping” around the edges.
- Decorations: None or Light, Medium, Heavy, Stainless Steel Spots. Diamonds, hearts, flowers, shields and arrows available for some harness) Color Inlays and Show Housing in Patent Leather.
- Single (1), Pair (2), Unicorn (3), Team of (4, 6, 8), Do you want a Pair or Team of 2 that can go individually as singles (two drivers/carts) as well as a pair side by side, or one in front of the other (Tandem)? We can do it!
- Breastplate Styles: Straight, V Breast, Deep-V Breast, Split Breast, Deep-V Split Breast or Crossover Special.
- Leather Collars: Top Grain, Split Grain or Patent Leather. Adjustable, All Purpose, Mule Style, Sweeney and Half Sweeney, Driving, Pony, Heavy Duty Pulling, Show, Sale & Irish Collars.
- Hames in Polished Stainless Steel, Black powder coated Stainless Steel, or Wood. Show hame, Buggy, Farm, Pulling or Orchard style hame.
- Bridle: Open or Blinded, Square, Round, Pigeon Wing. Overcheck, Side-check or No Check. Full Noseband, Half Nose or Full Cavesson Noseband. Clyde’s Blaze White Overcheck Straps, Face drop, Crown Snap for sensitive ears, Custom Browbands in colors or lined with color, Raised Chain or Reflective
- Shaft Loops: Quick Release (for loop end shafts) or Curved (for straight shafts)
- Traces / Tugs: Solid, Buckle In, Hook In
- Lines: Black, Brown, Plain, Braided, Leather with Grip at Hand or Color. Round front to Bit also Available.
- Pads are available in many colors made from Vinyl, Vinyl/Neoprene or Fur/Neoprene in most styles, including : Top Neck Pads, Driving Pads with 1/2″ Foam, Split Top Pads, Work Pads with 1″ Foam, U shaped Driving Pads (Go around the bottom of the collar as well as Driving Pads with raised edge with Velcro and Nylon Straps. Please see the Harness Pad Page for pictures and descriptions.
Like most of us, you have leather harness and tack, it works, it’s beautiful, traditionalists require it, as do some rulebooks. Today, more and more judges allow the synthetics. The work involved in maintaining leather harness is only one reason to switch to Biothane Harness. Biothane has been used in the Equine industry, Harness Racing, since 1977. Parry Harness & Tack was one of the original companies associated with Bioplastics, the inventors of Biothane. Biothane “like” products (knock offs) are made in China, Australia, and here in the USA. Whomever you choose to make your new harness, insist on authentic, USA made Biothane.
Parry Tack coined the phrase: “Truly, the last tack you’ll buy… in that color”
Measurement Guidelines
How to Measure your Horse for Harness
- A – Corner of Mouth – COM on one side, over poll, to COM on other side.
- B – Noseband – Measure entirely around the Nose, 1 1/2 to 2″ below cheekbone.
- C – Browband – Measure from back of ear, across forehead to back of the other ear or from Halter Crown to Halter Crown.
- D – Length of Horse – Measure the length of your horse (flat) end to end (not around)
- E – Height – Measure from wither to ground.
- F – Girth – Measure all around the horse where the girth & Gig saddle sit, behind the withers.
- G – Back Band – Measure from the back of where the gig saddle would be to the base of the tail.
- H – Breastplate – Measure from just behind the elbow, around the front to behind the elbow on the other side.
- I – Breeching: Measure Flank to Flank – Around buttocks
- J – Collar Measurement – For Hames Harness Only, Call for Measuring Stick or YouTube for video
- K -Bridle Throatlatch – Measure entirely around the head/neck.
- L – Over Check Strap – Measure from top of head to Gig Saddle
- M – Neckstrap – Around base of neck all the way around
- N – Breastplate/ Wither Straps – Measure from the top of the breastplate, over wither to top of the breastplate
- O – Hip strap – Measure from top of the breeching to the top of the breeching on other side.
- P – Trace length – Keep minimum of 18″ to 24″ between horse and cart
- Q – Breed & approximate Weight of your horse, Name, Age & Weight too please.
