Here's a clip of Dick Sparrow driving 40 horses. It's an amazing sight, particularly when the shot changes to show the team from the rear and you get the great incongruity of modern American corporate architecture as a background to the wagon and horses. I love the anticipation in the video: the sense of something amazing being just round the corner is palpable.
Thanks to Christina Wilsdon for telling me about this world record 46 Percheron hitch (alas just stills) but you get the idea.
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Funny you should post this today. I attended the Draft Horse Show at the National Western Stock Show in Denver, Colorado yesterday and there was a moment of silence for Dick Sparrow. Also, a lot of the drafters wore a ribbon on their hames in honor of his memory.
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