shaft question

[Molly's Run Minis]

if i have a horse that's 36" long from chest to tail and a horse thats 35" long from chest to tail can i use 48" shafts for both of them?

 

[RhineStone]

The rule of thumb for a big horse is 12" of space between the cart and the horse. Depending on how low the basket of the cart is, I like about 8", but most mini people like more, probably because certain companies use only certain size shafts.

Myrna

 

[Sue_C.]

The rule of thumb for a big horse is 12" of space between the cart and the horse. Depending on how low the basket of the cart is, I like about 8", but most mini people like more, probably because certain companies use only certain size shafts.Myrna

I know what you mean...I like 8-10 inches (max) too, and think that so many of the mini carts have the horse so far out in front that the cart looks like a lagging caboose.

:OKinteresting

 

[Katiean]

I have also seen horses in way too short of shafts and it looks like the horse is trying to sit in the basket. There is a trainer that comes to the Reno AMHA show that ALWAYS has a horse set so far back in the shafts that the cart basket is actually pressing on the horse where a breaching would be.