Center Pivot Swingarm for Racehorse Harness

A method of transmitting force between a sulky or a cart to a horse comprising the steps of:

• providing a harness, the harness including a saddle and a swingarm, the saddle extending around the sides and the top of the horse and having a topmost portion, the swingarm having a top portion connecting a pair of arms extending in opposing directions around the sides and the top of the horse, over the saddle, the top portion of the swingarm is pivotally connected to the topmost portion of the saddle to enable the saddle to rotate relative to the swingarm, and the swingarm having a pair of hitches, each hitch formed as part of, or connected to, each of the pair of arms, for connecting with a shaft of a sulky or cart;
• applying the harness to the horse,
• connecting a pair of shafts of the sulky or cart with the pair of hitches,
• applying a force to the saddle,
• transferring the force between the saddle and a single point, and
• transferring the force between the single point through each of the pair of arms and each of the pair of shafts of the sulky or cart.

A method of training horses or horseracing comprising the steps of:

• providing a horse, a sulky, a swingarm, a saddle, and a sulky driver, the sulky comprises a frame having two wheels and a driver's seat attached thereto, two shafts extend from or form part of the frame, creating an opening therebetween within which the horse is positioned, the saddle affixed to the horse extending around the sides and the top of the horse and having a topmost portion,
• fixing the sulky or cart to the horse,
• locating the sulky driver on the driver's seat,
• transmitting force from a single location of the saddle to the shafts of the sulky or cart, thereby moving the cart.