Palmetto Carriage Works
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The Truth About Carrying The Load
One of the questions we get asked a lot at Palmetto Carriage Works is “How do your animals handle such heavy loads?” The answer: easily. Not only are our horses and mules incredibly strong, but we always make sure our loads are never too heavy. But just to clear up any misinformation out there about…
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All In A Day’s Work
Imagine this: 5-hour workdays, multiple relaxation breaks, 133 vacation days, daily meals, as well as room, board and transportation provided. That sounds like a pretty awesome job, right? Our animals at Palmetto Carriage Works think so too. But we’re getting ahead of ourselves here. Let us give you the whole job description first. While we…
Read MoreMeet Our Local Tour Guide Van!
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…
Read MoreMeet 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…
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Introducing 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…
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Meet 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!
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Give 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…
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Palmetto 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…
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The 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…
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