Horse collar is a part of a horse harness that is used to distribute the load around a horse's neck and shoulders when pulling a wagon or plough.
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12 Facts About Horse collar
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The collar allows the horse to use its full strength when pulling, essentially enabling the animal to push forward with its hindquarters into the collar.
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The collar had another advantage over the yoke as it reduced pressure on the horse's windpipe.
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Horse collar was very important to the development of many areas of the world.
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Horse collar is oval rather than circular and it is by design not very flexible.
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Throat-girth design was not improved until the Chinese breast-strap or "breastHorse collar" harness developed during the Warring States era in China.
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The collar allows a horse to use its full strength when pulling, essentially allowing the horse to push forward with its hindquarters into the collar.
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The fully developed Horse collar harness was developed in Southern and Northern Dynasties China during the 5th century AD.
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Horse collar eventually spread to Europe c 920 AD, and became universal by the 12th century.
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The Scandinavians were among the first to use a horse collar that did not constrain the breathing passages of the horses.
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Creation of the horse collar removed the previous physical restrictions the old harness had on the animal, and allowed the horse to be able to exert its full strength in plowing.
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The horse collar was one of the factors in the ending of the feudal system and transition from the Middle Ages.
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