True thanks to all making comments to this tread.
As I am trying to fully understand all the workings involved in regards to the harness & cart I have a few questions/comments.
You place the trace in that breeching gap to help prevent the breeching from semi riding up such as in the next to the last picture, correct?
As for straps on the tree could nylon buckled dog collars be loosely used?
In regards to the cavesson yes I have it as this is an Ozark harness.
(However the bridle was custom altered.. the bottom part is the same the blinkerless part was made for Saber as he's more distracted with them on)
While reading about cavessons I came across this
http://iceryder.net/noseband.html
Here's a quote from it
"What a cavesson (noseband) is for: It is to stabelize the bit in the horse's mouth -- not to keep the mouth shut over the bit, although that is the way it is frequently used on Icelandic Horses.
The cavesson should not serve any purpose in training a horse. It is there for decoration and not even necessary to have on a bridle unless required for a show purposes as correct equipment. It should not be tight and if it is felt necessary to be used to keep a mouth shut on a horse then the training is not being applied correctly. "
Is one truly necessary? Or is this false or somehow misleading in regards to driving?
I'm not trying to be problematic but as I said before I'm trying to fully understand all the parts because I feel it should help with the whole picture.
Thanks again for your time!