Oops We Did It Again!!
Today we were informed by The European Driving Association that our new Ideal EuroTech synthetic harnesses have been selected as “Best Choice” for those drivers who prefer a synthetic harness.
“Best Choice” for several reasons:
- 1. Perfect fit because of different available sizes [from mini to draft] and adjustability per size
- 2. Most durable [expected lifetime 20 – 25 years]
- 3. Stays supple and good under extreme weather conditions (very warm and/or very cold)
- 4. Best buy [a complete harness starts at $ 788.00 (for a single mini)]
- 5. Best design [latest safety innovations included!] also because the same harness can be used for singles, pairs, teams, tandems, etc.
Of course we are extremely proud with this recognition and prestigious award. But we are already busy again with our new innovations. New bits with rubber mouthpieces and also bits with cherry rollers. And have a look at the prices for these bits because we keep proving that quality and low prices do go together!
Caio & Gerard Paagman
Driving our 8-in-hand at Happ’s (Ethel, Washington) where we were using our Ideal Luxury Marathon Harnesses
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New in our collection................
Liverpool cherry roller bit
Art.nr: BTMR Liverpool cherry roller bit
Sizes: 12.5cm up to 15.5cm [= 5” – 6”]
Price: $ 73.50
Liverpool bit with soft and flexible rubber mouth piece
Art.nr: BLZR Liverpool bit with soft and flexible rubber mouth piece
Sizes: 12.5cm up to 15.5cm [= 5” – 6”]
Price: $ 56.00
Liverpool bit with hard rubber mouth piece
Art.nr: BLHR Liverpool bit hard rubber mouth piece
Sizes: 12.5cm up to 15.5cm [= 5” – 6”]
Price: $ 56.00
Lightweight synthetic under halter, fits discreetly underneath a driving bridle
Art.no:
EUH 10 Full
EUH 11 Cob
EUH 12 Pony
Price $ 36.75
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Our new Eurotech Synthetic Harness...............
Our synthetic harness is ideal for all aspects of driving and training, and is comfortable for horse and driver. With its ”leather look” this product is strong and not susceptible to harsh weather conditions, staying supple in the winter, and it won’t melt in the summer.
Together with you we will keep changing this world!
Our Eurotech Harness is a Combi-Harness: the same harness can be used for a single, for a pairs, team, tandem, etc.
Prices for complete harness (bridle, breast collar, saddle, safety tugs [for singles], backstrap-crupper and dock, traces, breeching and reins and polestraps [for pairs]:
Singles:
Mini $ 788.--, Shetland $ 875.--, Pony $ 1,005.--, Cob $ 1,138.--, Full $ 1,190, X-Full $ 1,330,- Draft $ 1,470
Pairs:
Mini $ 1,602.--, Shetland $ 1,838.—Pony $ 2,008.--, Cob 2,238.--, Full $ 2,338.--, X-Full 2,638.--, Draft $ 2,902.--
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Meet our [new] Dealers for Ideal Harness:
Carriage Driving Essentials and Equi-Market are both very well known in the driving world; they speak your language and serving the drivers in North America is not only their profession but also their passion! Carriage
Driving Essentials and Equi-Market have been very well trained in our products and they keep a lot of our products in stock. Together with Coachman’s Delight [who has been an Ideal Harness dealer for a few years] they will be happy to
serve you!
Carriage driving Essentials, based in Mariposa, California
ARRIAGE DRIVING ESSENTIALS is honoured to have been chosen by IDEAL EQUESTRIAN HARNESS to become one of the few select US dealers to represent their extensive line of leather and synthetic harness and carriage driving accessories. We
feel the addition of this company’s products will enhance and complete what has been available to us thus far. Having harness designed and used in the European communities will give us the opportunity to offer well made, tough European
style harness to top competitors as well as the everyday recreational driver at reasonable prices.
From miniature horses to ponies, light horses and draft horses, we can outfit you! We carry a full line of carriage driving equipment including harness, bits, training carts and carriages, safety equipment, books and DVDs, whips,
apparel, lamps & more. We offer quality leather and synthetic, traditionally styled carriage-driving harness for show as well as practical harness for recreational use or for combined-driving. We carry a large selection of driving bits
and can custom make bits as well. We offer a selection of used, new, modern and antique horse-drawn carts and carriages. We provide personalized, knowledgeable & friendly service either by phone, in person or by e-mail.
Carriage Driving Essentials has been owned and operated by Gary and Celine Rickards since 1998. We drive our horses and have the knowledge and experience to help you select the equipment that is right for you and your equine partner
whether you're new to driving, a recreational driver, or an advanced competitor. We are located in Mariposa, California in the beautiful Sierra Nevada mountain range below Yosemite National Park. We travel to shows in CA, AZ and OR
with our mobile tack shop and offer much of our line of products via our on-line store at www.CarriageDrivingEssentials.com If you don't see what you're looking for
or don't know what you need, call us, we'll be happy to assist you! Tel: 209-966-4499 or Toll Free order line 877-966-4499 or e-mail us at: info@CarriageDrivingEssentials.com
Carriage Driving Essentials
“Everything for the Horse and Driver”
Gary & Celine Rickards
2901 Falling Acorn Dr.
Mariposa, CA 95338-9069
209-966-4499
www.CarriageDrivingEssentials.com
Equi-Market, based in Okotoks, Alberta, Canada
Our goal at Equi-Market Harness and Tack is to supply our customers with a varied collection of quality, affordable equestrian products. Many of our products come from manufacturers from all around North America and Internationally. We
are delighted to announce our newest affiliation with Ideal Harness. Their fine quality and reasonable pricing will fit into our business perfectly. We are confident our carriage driving customers will be thrilled too! Whether you
are looking for colourful riding apparel, affordable tack, carriage driving equipment, the perfect decor item or a gift for a special horse lover, you'll likely find it at Equi-Market Harness and Tack. Customer service and
satisfaction are priorities. Please let us know if there's something we can help you find. If you can't see it in our inventory - we'll do our best to find it for you! Our plans for the new year include a clinic on bits and bit
fitting as well as beginner and advanced driving instruction hosted by our very knowledgeable nationally certified driving instructor. (email Kathleen) We look forward to showing off our new harness show room early in the new year
also. Please email, call or come for a visit 403.995.0055 or look up our website www.equi-market.com.
Equi-Market
Box 9, Site 10, RR2
Okotoks, Alberta
Canada, T1S 1A2
Telephone 1.403.995.0055
Cell: 403.860.6217
www.equi-market.com
e: info@equi-market.com
Coachman’s Delight, based in Medway, Massachusetts
Coachman's Delight has been selling Ideal Harness since 2004. Andy Marcoux, the owner of Coachman's Delight, has been a professional carriage driving trainer for nearly 20 years. He is a combined driving judge for the American
Driving Society, and is an evaluator for both the Carriage Association of America and the British Driving Society at the advanced levels. Andy has very high standards for when it comes to carriage driving equipment, which is what lead
him to Ideal harness in the first place. Coachman's Delight can be visited online and in person.
Coachman's Delight
161 Main St
Medway, Massachusetts 02053, USA
T: (508) 782-1720
www.coachmansdelight.com
e: andy@coachmansdelight.com
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A selection of our new products................
Anti-Slip reins:
These reins give so much grip. Also under wet or cold conditions. The first part of these reins (where these hook on to the bit) are made of our top quality leather; the second part of these reins (including the part you keep in your hands) are made of synthetic and rubber materials. Very light weight and 19 mm. wide (= ¾ “).
Sizes: from mini to draft
Single reins: $ 84.00 and pairs: $ 121.00 !!!
Our new safety Quick release Shackles:
Keep the welfare of your horse, enjoyment and ...........Safety the top priorities on your list!!!
Sizes: Small: $ 23.00 Medium: $ 37.00 Shackle for breeching straps: $ 19.50
Steel Harness Rack (four parts):
Comes in four pieces and the whole set costs only $ 34.--!
One piece for the reins, one for the bridle, one for the saddle-crupper-dock and for the collar-traces-breeching
Our Connector Strap Throat / Nose:
Price $ 17.00
Our Leather Driving gloves:
- Ideal Standard: $ 54.00
- Ideal Profi: $ 38.00
- Ideal Luxe deerskin: $ 121.00
- Ideal Winter Gloves: $ 61.00
All come in sizes from XS to XXL
Rapide Leather Oil:
Spa treatment for your leather!
Can 1 litre: $ 17.00
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About Ideal Harness
Ideal Harness designs and produces harnesses and accessories for driving. From the most beautiful patent leather presentation harness to the latest innovations on the maintenance free synthetic Web Tech harness. You can choose to get quick release safety buckles for your traces to an anti-fly driving rug you can use in the summer.
Not only do our harnesses sizes run from mini-Shetland to draft horse, we also strive to produce our harnesses, parts and accessories in large quantities in order keep our prices amazingly low.
We are able to guarantee you that we keep all our 2,200 products in stock which allows you to give us a call, order and we will ship it to you the same day!
You can order over the phone, internet or you can contact one of our qualified dealers. But, we also might come to you with our new 53’ long ‘Store on Wheels’!
We take care of you! Because you can send us the smallest (or biggest!) repair. You can call us to discuss a driving problem with one of your horses and you are more than welcome to visit us [take your horse with you so that we can also go for a drive together!] or one of our dealers.
We hope that through our e-newsletters we can inform, motivate and stimulate driving in this world!
Much of driving love from all of us!
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Our parts and accessories
We keep all our parts in stock. You have a broken trace, a damaged bridle or a lost keeper? Give us a call or send us and e-mail and we’ll ship it to you on the same day. We also offer so much more. Driving gloves, aprons, driving
rugs, whips, cones and much much more. Ideal Quality and very competitive prices! You need something? We have it. If we don’t have something you need we will custom make it for you!
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Are we coming to you????
Our ‘Store on Wheels’ carries our complete assortment of over 2,200 products, parts and accessories. Wherever we go, we will take our ‘Store on Wheels’ with us. This means that if you cannot come to one of our stores, we might come
to you! And of course you may always contact us to invite us and our ‘Store on Wheels’ for a visit to you, to your event, to your driving club, etc.!
Upcoming events where we will be with our 53’ store on wheels!
April 15-17
Southern Pines CDE, Raeford, NC
April 30 – May 1
Plum Creek Carriage CDE, Lockhart, TX
May 6 – 8
Vineyard Classic CDE, Woodland, CA [together with Carriage Driving Essentials]
May 14 – 15
Flying B Ranch HDT, Prescott, AZ
May 20 – 22
Gayla Bluegrass CDE, Georgetown, KY [together with Coachman’s Delight]
May 28 – 29
Carolina Carriage Club HDT, Tryon, NC
June 4 – 5
Elk Creek CDE, Elkton, MD [together with Coachman’s Delight]
June 11
Connecticut Valley HDT, Haddam, CT [together with Coachman’s Delight]
June 17 – 19
Metamora CDE XXVII, Motamora, MI
June 24 – 26
Bromont International CDE, Bromont, QC [Canada] [together with Coachman’s Delight]
July 1 – 3
The CDE at Inavale, Philimath, OR [together with Carriage Driving Essentials]
July 8 – 10
Cariboo trails, 70 Miles House, BC [Canada]
July 16 – 17
Birds Hill, Winnipeg, MB [Canada]
August 4 - 7
Happ’s CDE, Ethel, WA
August 26 – 28
GMHA CDE & Adv. DT, Lac La Hache, BC [Canada] [together with Coachman’s Delight]
September 2 – 4
Indiana CDE, Edinburg, Indiana
September 8 – 10
Laurels at Landhope CDE Int., West Grove, PA [together with Coachman’s Delight]
September 15 - 17
Shady Oaks CDE, [together with Carriage Driving Essentials]
September 24–25
OHIO CDE, Sullivan, OH
October 8 – 9
Garden State CDE, New Jersey, Allentown, NJ [together with Coachman’s Delight]
October 22 – 23
Valley Whips Pleasure Driving Show, Boise, ID
November 3-5
Tulare CA Auction [together with Carriage Driving Essentials]
And................. we are working on our schedule for the rest of 2011. Would you like to have our “Store on Wheels” at your event? Just send us a short e-mail or give us a call and we will make it work!
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Ideal Steel
Ideal Steel is our line of stainless steel or brushed nickel parts. From safety buckles to terrets and from D-rings to rein clamps. We do have it all: in stock and for very competitive prices! In this newsletter we focus on our bits.
Of course they are also made of stainless steel. They all come in different sizes and also with our bits we did it again: Top quality for very affordable Prices!
Butterfly Bits $ 33.--
Buxton Bits $ 54.--
Liverpool Bits $ 41.--
Spare chain $ 10.--
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Broken? Erik will repair it!
Send us your repair-work (no matter the brand of your harness) and Erik will fix it! Of course it is important to do some regular maintenance to your harness to keep it in good shape and avoid problems when you want to start driving!
In order to help you out, here are some tips that you should consider in order to check your harness before you actually start using it:
- Is the stitching still okay
- Is the leather not dried out, worn out or torn [as the leather should be supple and smooth]
- Are all buckles and other steel parts still okay
- Are trace-holes and other holes not torn
- Are your reins still okay (pay special attention to the bit straps!)
Erik will redo stitching, make and replace leather and steel parts, dye if necessary, shorten traces and other straps if necessary. In addition special and detailed work such as bell harnesses for your sleigh rides, show parts for
your harness, or special adjustments are always tasks that Erik is willing to take on!
We also carry a complete line of leather care products from Rapide: leather soap, oil and grease which all comes in black, brown or neutral.
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From Edwin’s driving seat!
No matter if you drive for pleasure, competition or if it is your profession: safety issues should always have your attention. I have seen quite some horse accidents in my career (I also had a few myself!) and most of these were
caused because the driver got out of control.
The standard Liverpool bit is, all over the world, still the most common bit for driving. I also use the Liverpool bit for most of our horses: with fixed cheek for driving pairs or multiples and with a swivel cheek for driving
singles. Of course the shanks are part of the Liverpool bit. And ‘no shanks – no bit’ so we do need these shanks. But… the shanks of the Liverpool bit are also a risk. Your horse might get stuck with one of the shanks of the bit
when your horse rubs his/her head against things. This risk might be a little bit less for singles then for pairs and multiples. But believe me: I’ve seen quite some drivers getting out of control when one of their horses rubbed his
head against the head of the other horse and when one of the shanks of the bit got stuck into the bridle of the other horse (pairs/multiples). Especially for pairs, the use of a Buxton bit is not the solution! With a Buxton bit your
horse can get stuck under the pole with the bar and if this happens and if your horse pulls back then your horse could even break his/her cheek!
So, we have a better solution: just a piece of garden or fuel hose!
Depending on the size of the bit you are using take a piece of approximately 10” of garden hose or fuel hose and which just does NOT fit over the shanks of the bit. Now, put it for a few minutes in boiling water, and then slide it
over the ends of the shafts (it should be tight!). And now your Liverpool bit is safe and ready to use: your horse will not get stuck anymore in e.g. the bridle of another horse and if your horse gets stuck behind something solid
(the pole, the shafts, etc.) then he/she will pull off the piece of hose instead of wrecking his cheek or something else!
Costs? 50 cents per bit can save you a fortune!
Have a safe and happy next drive!
Edwin van der Graaf
[Edwin van der Graaf is professional driver for the Royal Stables in The Netherlands. For many years Edwin has been a member of the Dutch National Team driving four-in-hand horses and Edwin is a licensed horse-trainer and instructor in
not only driving singles, pairs and multiples but also English riding. If you encounter any driving problems, do not hesitate to send us an email at info@idealharness.com and
Edwin will be more than happy to advise you!]
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Store Canada:
3054 Houlgrave Road
Invermere, British Columbia
Canada V0A 1K5
T: (250) 342 1270
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Store Holland:
Langeveld 18
2681 PV Monster
The Netherlands
T: (0)6 50243933
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Ideal Harness • www.idealharness.com • E: info@idealharness.com
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