Number of horses: 62 - a total of 15 spans of four with two in the shafts
Drivers: Aleks Berzins, Bruce Bandy, Steve Johnson
Brake: Shane Carroll
Waggon: Bennett tabletop wool/wheat wagon built by James and George Bennett, St Mary’s, NSW, Australia, originally owned by the Davies family, West Wyalong, and now owned by the Barellan Working Clydesdales.
Waggon weight unloaded: 3800kg
Load: 32 bales of Merino wool weighing 200kg each supplied by the Flagg family, Moobooldool, NSW. Total weight of load 6400kg.
Total weight of waggon and load: 10,200kg
Length from leaders to drivers: 76 metres
Length of chain: 500m
Horses contributed by: Aleks Berzins, Bruce Bandy, Steve Johnson, Jason Gavenlock, Allison Prentice, Heather McFarlane.
Leaders: Hank, Lady, Digger and Margaret were guided by voice commands
Breeds involved: Australian Draught Horse, pure and part bred Clydesdale, Suffolk Punch, Percheron and Shire.
The team travelled twice around the 800m trotting track of the Barellan showgrounds on Saturday and Sunday, October 4 & 5, 2025 with two outriders at the rear of the vehicle. There were no assistants leading the horses.
The team travelled twice around the 800m trotting track of the Barellan showgrounds on Saturday and Sunday, October 4 & 5, 2025 with two outriders at the rear of the vehicle. There were no assistants leading the horses.
