Different types of equipment for horse-drawn carriages

Namen diplomskega dela je bil predstaviti različne vrste opreme za konjske vprege, jih opisati in primerjati. Konj je že dolgo človekov spremljevalec. Ljudje so konja v preteklosti uporabljali najprej za meso in mleko, kasneje pa so jih začeli uporabljati tudi za jahanje in v vpregi ali kot vprežno žival. Konjeva vloga je bila v preteklosti zelo pomembna, saj je ljudem pomagala preživeti. Danes pa so konji pretežno namenjeni prostemu času in športu. Na trgu je ogromno različne vprežne opreme in lastniki konj se težko odločimo po kateri vprežni opremi bi posegli in zakaj. Težava je tudi v tem, da v Sloveniji še nimamo literature, ki bi na enem mestu predstavila vso vprežno opremo, njeno delovanje na konja in za vsako vrsto opreme predstavila prednosti in slabosti. V tej diplomski nalogi pa smo predstavili prav topredstavili smo različne načine vpreganja (koliko konj je v določeni vpregi, kako jo imenujemo in kako so konji razporejeni) ter različne vrste opreme za konjske vprege. Predstavili smo zgodovino vprežne opreme, kako je ta nastala, razložili katere dele posamezna oprema vsebuje, njene prednosti in slabosti ter kako se jo na konja namesti. Za vleko težkih bremen sta najbolj primerna navadni komat/komat na kis in francoski komat, za vleko srednje težkih bremen je najbolj primeren angleški kšir, in prav tako francoski komat, za vleko lažjih bremen je primerni prsni kšir, za kasaški šport pa kasaški kšir.The purpose of the thesis was to present different types of horses equipment for horse, to describe it and compare it. The horse has been a human partner for a very long time. In the past, people used horses first for meat and milk, but later they also began to use them for riding and in a cart or as a draft animal. The role of the horse has been very important in the past as it has helped people survive. Today, however, horses are more or less dedicated to leisure and sports. There is a huge variety of harness equipment on the market, and horse owners find it difficult to decide which harness equipment to choose and why. The problem is also lack of Slovenian literature that would present all sorts of harness equipment and presented the advantages and disadvantages for each type of equipment. In this dissertation we presented different methods of harnessing (how many horses are in a particular team, what we call it and how the horses are arranged) and different types of equipment for horse-drawn carriages. We presented the history of harness equipment, how it was created, explained components of each equipment, it\u27s advantages and disadvntages, and how it is mounted on a horse. For towing heavy loads we use collar and french collar, for towing medium-heavy loads we use english harness and french collar, for towing lighter loads we use harness, and trotting sport trotter harness