Draft Horse Digest Podcast – Ep 29 – Draft Horse Hitching Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow w Bob Shanahan

In today’s episode we talk with our good friend Bob Shanahan about his experience with building some of the great hitches of yesteryear. Bob takes us on a walk through the history books and provides some great advice that we can all put to good use.

In this episode we discuss:

Some of Bob’s favorite hitch horses
Bob’s opinion of the quality of hitch horses in the past vs. present day
Why Bob thinks it is important to proactively self regulate to yield against potentially negative outside influences
Bob’s involvement in the building of the Sterling Farms and Cedarfarm Hitches

shanahan haflingers — The Shanahan Family’s Haflinger hitch, one of the top Haflinger hitches in the country.

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Music:

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