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How to measure for a properly fitted harness

To order a harness or blanket to fit your horse use these guidelines for measuring your horse. 

(You may click on the photo for a larger view.)

A. From the corner of the mouth on one side, over the head to the corner of the mouth on the other side.

B. Girth - all around

C. From the line where the breeching would fit across the hip to the other side.

D. From point of the tail to where the saddle would fit.

E. Breeching.  This would be measured around the point of the buttocks.

F. From the lower point of the neck to the top of the withers. This would measure for a breast collar harness, another technique might be required to measure for a hame style collar.  See the illustration below.

Hame Style Collar

Collar measurements. We recommend you purchase a horse neck measurer to obtain the correct size collar needed, or try on another collar to see how it fits.   This is a guide line for measuring a horse for a hame style collar.

Take two carpenter squares.  Place them together to form a "C".  Place the top of the "C" in front of the withers, place the bottom of the "c" two inches in front of the shoulders.  Be sure to allow finger room at the base of the throat.  Measure the inside of the "C" to obtain the size.