Meet one of our tour guides Van! Van Sturgeon grew up in the Lowcountry and has lived all but 13 years of his life here. He graduated from the College of Charleston in 1981 and earned a master’s degree from USC in 1982. In addition to leading carriage tours, he has led cycling tours of…
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Meet Barn Hand, Angie Davidson
Meet one of our barn hands Angie! She was born and raised in Charleston, SC and started in the carriage industry in 1991 where she gave tours for four years until moving to Georgia. Angie has dedicated her entire life to working alongside horses. At the turn of the century, she showed percheron draft horses…
Read MoreIntroducing Carriage Vision
Introducing Carriage Vision! Have you ever wondered what it’s like to take a Palmetto Carriage tour? Starting this month we will be letting you see Palmetto Carriage tours from a completely new perspective by equipping each of our tour guides with body cameras. Viewing a tour from the perspective of our dedicated tour guides provides…
Read MoreMeet equine dentist, Gary Biggerstaff
We’ve got a lot of really dedicated people that help us care for our horses and mules everyday. One of those people is equine dentist, Gary Biggerstaff. Find out what an equine dentist does and why dental health is so important for our animals’ well-being!
Read MoreGive That Horse A Beer
Did you know that beer can actually be beneficial for horses? It’s an old equestrian trick to use beer to treat horses with anhidrosis, a condition where horses aren’t able to sweat in order to keep cool. Here at Palmetto Carriage Works we treat our horses who have anhidrosis with prescribed medication from their vet…
Read MorePalmetto Carriage Works Launches Livestock Relief Effort
One aspect of hurricane relief that is often overlooked in addition to the people that are affected is the amount of animals, including horses, that are displaced. When our staff at Palmetto Carriage Works heard about the devastation from Hurricane Harvey, we knew that we wanted to find a way that we could help the…
Read MoreMeet Tour Guide Justin Poole
Meet our tour guide Justin! He is from Williamson, SC and graduated from Palmetto High School. He Spent 10 years in the USAF as a C-130E/H/J loadmaster. Justin has been stationed in England, Texas, and Arkansas and was deployed to Kuwait and Qatar in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom OIF (Iraq war) and to Kandahar…
Read MoreThe Charleston Carriage Industry Sets the Record Straight
Summer is here and there is a lot of misinformation being spread to Charlestonians about the Charleston Carriage Industry. We are here to set the record straight. It was reported yesterday by activists on Facebook that at 1:16pm that our carriages were still being sent out after we had been told to pull carriages off…
Read MoreMeet Shy Guy, Abbapoola
One of the best parts of getting to work with horses and mules everyday is getting to know all of their personalities — AND all of our horses and mules are quite the characters. This week we are introducing you to our horse Abbapoola! Abbapoola is a 17 year old Belgian horse. He’s a big…
Read MoreKeeping Our Horses and Mules Healthy with Vaccinations
South Carolina horse owners are on high alert as the first case of a deadly disease, Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE), has been identified in the state this year. EEE is a mosquito-borne illness in horses that can kill up to 90 percent of unvaccinated horses. In 2013, South Carolina had the highest number of horses…
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