Cart for equestrian equipment and supplies

An equestrian item cart providing facilities for handling and transporting a wide variety of equestrian items in the form of equestrian equipment and supplies, including a saddle, tack containers, bales, packages and buckets, the cart comprising:

• a frame having a front end, a longitudinally opposite rear end, and laterally opposite sides;
• first wheels journaled for rotation on the frame about at least a first lateral axis located adjacent the front end of the frame, the first wheels having a first diameter and being spaced apart laterally a first lateral distance;
• second wheels journaled for rotation on the frame about at least a second lateral axis located between the first lateral axis and the rear end of the frame, the second wheels having a second diameter and being spaced apart laterally a second lateral distance;
• the second diameter being substantially greater than the first diameter, and the relative location of the first and second lateral axes being such that the frame is inclined upwardly from the front end toward the rear end of the frame at an acute angle to the horizontal and the second wheels are spaced longitudinally away from the first wheels;
• a rack having laterally opposite longitudinal side members and mounted upon the frame for pivotal movement about a third lateral axis located between the first lateral axis and the rear end of the frame, between a retracted position wherein the rack is juxtaposed with the frame, and an extended position wherein the rack is oriented generally horizontally in a first altitudinal location;
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• first prop means pivotally connected to the rack intermediate of the longitudinal side members of the rack and engagable with a crossbar on the frame for selectively supporting the rack in the extended position for supporting a load on the rack, the load having a center of gravity and including at least some of the equestrian items, the longitudinal spacing between the first wheels and the second wheels being such that the center of gravity of the load on the rack is placed longitudinally between the first lateral axis and the second lateral axis.