Draft Horse Digest Podcast – Ep 18 – The Harness Guru

In this week’s episode we speak with Dan Shanahan of Shanahan Harness Shop. Shanahan has established a reputation in the draft horse world as the premier manufacturers of patent leather show harness. Dan talks about the materials and inputs that make their harness products the finest available. We also discuss in this episode:

the history of patent leather harness
what “Chicago Style” means
maintenance of patent leather show harness
where “scotch” collars originated from
how to size a collar
some harness fitting techinques
the rise and fall of the martingale

chicago style patent leather show harness — Chicago Style harness for Anheuser Busch

scotch collar show harness — Finished set of harness with Scotch collar.

chicago style patent leather harness — Another View of a Chicago Style Harness

budweiser clyde harness — More harness for the Budweiser Clydes.

Shanahan Harness shop — A view inside the Shanahan Harness Shop.

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“Cut and Run” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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