The Equipoise
Rice Trailers reputation was built on quality and innovation, and our Equipoise horsebox emphasises both.
Over twenty years ago, Rice Trailers worked together with David Holmes, a horse trainer and engineer from New Zealand, to develop the first rear facing horse trailer. Our development followed studies that showed significant benefits to horses that travelled backwards during transit.
The Rice Equipoise takes the original design ideas and harnesses the latest research, technology and engineering components, creating a trailer that is innovative in its design and capabilities.
The Equipoise has been developed to be particularly easy to load - even for horses and owners who struggle with loading. It can be loaded with the rear ramp down, the top doors open and the rear breast bars in place.
This allows natural daylight to flood into the trailer and enables your horse to see straight through the trailer. Horses that are traditionally nervous of loading benefit from this light environment, as there are no dark areas that can confuse or frighten them.
Loading is done from the front ramp - simply lead your horse up the front ramp, tie him up and exit through the groom's door or the open rear ramp.
The front breech bars can be secured in the same way as you would in a traditional trailer, and the Equipoise is fitted with a bar that prevents your horse being able to back out down the front ramp.
The partition in the Equipoise can be removed and the partition wing at the front of the trailer can be moved from side to side to assist loading. The wing on the rear partition is static and contains a substantial biting guard.
To improve comfort and reduce anxiety, there are large windows in the rear top doors and the rear third of the roof, maximising available daylight.
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