Location: The Good Old Days Festival, Barellan, NSW, Australia, on October 4 & 5, 2025, held by the Barellan Working Clydesdales Incorporated.
Number of horses: 62 - a total of 15 spans of four with two in the shafts.
Drivers: Aleks Berzins, Bruce Bandy, and Steve Johnson.
Brake: Shane Carroll.
Waggon: Bennett tabletop wool/wheat wagon built by James and George Bennett, St Mary's, NSW, Australia and now owned and provided by Ian Dahlenburg, Murramai, NSW.
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, and 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.
