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US 8,429,883 B1Granted
Lifting girdle apparatus for enhancing the performance of a harness racing horse
OwnerAllan Alkes, Eric Koeniginventors
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A lifting girdle apparatus for enhancing the performance of a harness racing horse includes a lifting girdle affixed to a harness and sulky at two points on each side of the horse with a clip that attaches to the harness, behind approximately the front quarter of the horse, and with a securing strap that runs vertically towards and around the shaft of the sulky. The securing strap is preferably made to be adjustable, for example by constructing the securing strap as a belt and utilizing a belt buckle. The ability to adjust the distance between the attachment clips and the lifting girdle allows for a trainer to configure the lifting girdle device apparatus for different sized horses for producing an optimum setting for horses of almost any size.
A lifting girdle apparatus for enhancing performance of a harness racing horse, comprising a lifting girdle affixable to a harness and sulky at two spaced-apart locations on one shaft of a plurality of shafts of said sulky on each side of a horse with a clip being attachable to the harness behind approximately a front quarter portion of the horse and with a securing strap running vertically towards and around a shaft of the sulky, said securing strap being rearwardly and laterally spaced from the harness and extending substantially upwardly from and coincident a rear edge of said lifting girdle.
A lifting girdle apparatus in combination with a horse harness for enhancing performance of a harness racing horse, comprising:
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