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Horses | Fine Driving Show Harness

Amish-crafted BioThane® Fine Driving Show Harness — lightweight, durable, and fully customizable for standard or cob size horses. Includes bridle, tugs & lines, available in gloss or semi-gloss with your choice of stainless or brass hardware. Perfect for carriage shows, pleasure driving, or park harness competition.

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SKU 3004

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  $760.20

Description / Horses | Fine Driving Show Harness

Why This Harness Stands Out
Our Amish-made BioThane® Fine Driving Show Harness blends classic craftsmanship with modern performance. Designed as a “dress shoe” compared to heavier working harnesses, this set is lighter, more agile, and built to meet the demands of show rings, pleasure driving, and carriage parades — without sacrificing strength or durability. 

What You Get

  • Complete harness set: bridle (with choice of blinders — square or round), tugs, and driving lines. 

  • Hardware options: choose between solid brass and stainless steel fittings for lasting corrosion resistance. 

  • Full customizable trim: optional decorative diamonds or spots, with optional chain-trim browband upgrade — ideal if you want that show-ring shine. 

Quality Materials & Craftsmanship
We use premium BioThane® webbing — a rugged, synthetic leather-alternative that resists sweat, water, and weather. Unlike traditional leather, BioThane® is easy to clean, low-maintenance, and doesn’t need repeated conditioning — yet maintains the classic harness look. Each harness is handcrafted by skilled Amish artisans in the USA, ensuring attention to detail and long-lasting quality.

Lightweight & Show-Ready Design
This fine harness is intentionally lighter than heavy-duty work harnesses. That makes it ideal for high-stepping driving horses, carriage shows, slow parades, and pleasure driving. If you’re showing American Saddlebreds, Morgan Horses, Arabian Horses, or other fine driving breeds, this harness delivers elegance, comfort, and performance.

Custom Fit for Your Horse
Available in Standard or Cob size, this harness accommodates a variety of horse builds. Choose from different beta-line widths (1", 7/8", or 3/4"), select face or side-check reins, and decide between square or round blinders for the aesthetic you prefer. 

Easy to Personalize for Show or Pleasure Driving
Whether you want a plain, elegant harness or a show-ring-ready setup, you can customize trim color (black, white, red, green, blue) and optional decorative upgrades. The chain-trim browband or decorative spots give your harness a refined, show-quality finish. 

Recommended Uses

  • Show / fine harness competition

  • Pleasure driving and carriage parades

  • Light carriage or buggy use

  • Park harness driving with high-stepping horses

Care & Maintenance
Because the harness is made from BioThane®, it cleans easily with mild soap and water—no leather conditioner required. Dry thoroughly after washing and store in a dry place for long-lasting performance.

Why Choose This Harness vs a Heavy Work Harness
Heavy-duty Amish harnesses are made for strenuous daily pulling — wagons, farm implements, or heavy carriages. In contrast, this fine driving harness is purpose-built for elegance, ease of movement, and show readiness — the “dress shoe” for driving tack. The lighter build reduces fatigue for show horses, enhances maneuverability, and adds a polished look.

More information

Harness ships directly from an Amish shop in Indiana. Allow up to 3 weeks for shipping. Custom options may add 4-6 weeks.
 
The harness is Amish-made using maintenance-free BioThane® USA material.
 
The BioThane® company spends countless hours testing to evaluate adhesion to its hand-selected, USA-made polyester webbing. Imported plastic-coated webbings have high failure rates under tension and become brittle in cold weather. Thickness and grades of harness materials are selected based on the expectations that the harnesses will be used by other Amish families for working horses day in and day out, with lighter-duty harnesses designed for weekend pleasure trips to shopping and church.
 
Extra time is spent handcrafting each harness with rounded strap ends, and additional stitching pulled tight into the surface to reduce wear points at the stitching. See the standard sewing design picture. The shop uses the highest-quality stainless steel or solid brass hardware, sourced from the USA, including a USA-made stainless steel bit.
 
Each harness is then personally inspected by the owner and assigned a serial number before shipment. You will find that the attention to detail also provides a more comfortable-fitting harness.
 
BioThane® was developed in 1977 by the Polyurethane Polymer division of BF Goodrich to meet demand for a more flexible, high-performance horse-racing harness. The engineers worked closely with horse owners to create a line of synthetic belting for the tack and harness industry that would be far superior to leather.
 
BioThane® rinses clean in seconds. Since its inception, BioThane® has become the choice of professional football leagues for helmet chin straps and pad strapping, as well as for other industrial applications, including the US Military, the medical field, and EMS ambulances, due to its superior holding and cleaning capabilities. BioThane® verifies that all the raw materials used in their products are carcinogen-free.
 
The Amish prefer horse harnesses made of BioThane® because they are waterproof, UV-protected, do not mold or mildew, do not absorb odors, do not dry out or crack, retain flexibility in cold weather, and are chemical-resistant.
 
When people depend on horse harnesses as either a full-time occupation or for an occasional outing, they will know harnesses made with BioThane® webbing is low maintenance with no unwanted surprises even after years of service.

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