Sulky Force Equalizer and Analyzer

A sulky force equalizer connected to sulky shafts and a racehorse harness, the apparatus comprising:

• an actuator attached to the right sulky shaft and the right side harness,
• an actuator attached to the left sulky shaft and the left side harness, and
• each actuator monitoring the position of the other actuator,
• controlling the position of the other actuator and its attached shaft,
• equalizing the horse's pull on the sulky, and
• keeping the tips of the sulky shafts even.

An apparatus for connecting a horse to the shafts of the sulky cart, the apparatus capturing and redirecting errant forces that hinder the forward motion of the horse and utilizing those forces to equalize any imbalance of the sulky shaft positions, the apparatus comprising:

• a) a right connection device, having a horse-end and a device-end, and the horse-end connected to a right side harness of the horse;
• a right carriage connected to the device-end of the right connection device;
• a right rod having a first end and a second end, the first end connected to the right carriage,
• a right piston, having a top and bottom side, the top side connected to the second end of the right rod;
• and
• the right connection device, right carriage, right rod, and right piston, freely traveling as a unit and creating a resilient, responsive connection between the motions of the horse and the sulky shafts;
• b) a right hollow cylinder having two inner ends, a top end and a bottom end, the right piston inside the cylinder and extending through a hole in the top end of the cylinder and sealingly moving through the hole, and the right cylinder connected to the right shaft of the sulky,
• c) a right upper chamber and a right lower chamber in the right hollow cylinder, the chambers formed by the sealingly moveable right piston, the upper chamber formed on the top side of the piston and the lower chamber formed by the bottom side of the piston;
• d) a left connection device, having a horse-end and a device-end, and the horse-end connected to a left side harness of the horse;
• a left carriage connected to the device-end of the left connection device;
• a left rod having a first end and a second end, the first end connected to the left carriage,
• a left piston, having a top and bottom side, the top side connected to the second end of the left rod;
• and
• the left connection device, left carriage, left rod, and left piston freely traveling as a unit forwards and backwards, and creating a resilient, responsive connection between the motions of the horse and the sulky shafts;
• e) a left hollow cylinder having two inner ends, a top end and a bottom end, the right piston inside the cylinder and extending through a hole in the top end of the cylinder and sealingly moving through the hole, and the right cylinder connected to the right shaft of the sulky,
• f) a left upper chamber and a left lower chamber in the left hollow cylinder, the chambers formed by the sealingly moveable left piston, the upper chamber formed on the top side of the piston and the lower chamber formed by the bottom side of the piston;
• g) two flexible tubes, an upper tubing connecting the upper chambers of the right and left cylinders;
• h) a lower tubing connecting the lower chambers of the right and left cylinders;
• wherein when pressure from the horse pulls the right connection device forward,
• the right carriage and right piston move forward as a unit forcing fluid out the right upper chamber, through the upper tubing, into the left upper chamber, pressing down on the left piston, forcing fluid out of the lower left chamber, and pressing the right piston up, and the right to left fluid cycling continues, until—
• the sulky shaft positions begin to regain an even lateral position,
• the imbalance of pulling forces begin to equalize,
• the internal fluid pressures within the chambers begin to equalize, and the fluid cycling continues until an equilibrium of forces in the chambers occurs;
• and
• wherein when pressure from the horse pulls the left connection device forward,
• the left carriage and left piston move forward as a unit forcing fluid out the left upper chamber, through the upper tubing, into the right upper chamber, pressing down on the right piston, forcing fluid out of the lower right chamber, and pressing the left piston up, and the left to right fluid cycling continues, until—
• the sulky shaft positions begin to regain an even lateral position,
• the imbalance of pulling forces begin to equalize,
• the internal fluid pressures within the chambers begin to equalize, and the fluid cycling continues until an equilibrium of forces in the chambers occurs.