[keykeeper]

They were stabled at our local fairgrounds once a couple years ago. They were driving the team at a festival/parade in the next county over. I got to walk around and ask questions of the folks that handle them. I'm sure they have a staff farrier that travels with them. There were a total of 12 horses I think in the "hitch". The hitch is what they call the team, wagon, dalmation, etc. as a whole. They had three tractor trailers that move them around from place to place. That includes all the equipment that they bring. They also had a passenger van to shuttle staff around. My wife and I went out and watched them grooming and feeding them. What an operation. The staff stayed in a local hotel. They also contracted with local law enforcement folks to provide security at night to protect the horses when everyone else was away. I heard someone say that the three trailers and equipment were worth about $3 million.

One of the ladies working for the hitch told me there were 5 different hitches nationwide.

Google budweiser clydesdales, there is plenty of info on the horses at one of there corporation sites.

-aaron c.