Meet the Shire horses of Hampton Court Palace

When not leading the trams at Hampton Court Palace, our Shire horses live in meadows in Home Park 🐴 The stables team introduced us to their gentle giant colleagues and what they get up to. Shire horses are rarer than pandas and Hampton Court is one of the few places you can meet them in England. New to the stables is a grey mare, Bess, who will join their work next season.
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[@prospero0586]

Lovely video. Thank you.

[@rachelball1174]

They are beautiful horses. Thank you.

[@pearshapedeve]

Loved this video. Beautiful.

[@mxylpx]

Went to Hampton Court last year for the first time and sorry I missed them. I will definitely check them out next time!

[@topherUSA]

Very informative. Thank you.

[@gviller2213]

I don’t know all that much about horses, so this was a fairly informative video for me. I also didn’t really how rare this breed of horses were.

[@BestofUKChannel]

Shire horses are beautiful, I had no idea there were so few of their breed. I will definitely be going to Hampton Court to see these ones :) x

[@operationcentaur4069]

Great to see!

[@phylliscraine]

Second breakfast? Well, they are Shire horses... :)

[@thierrydevant7690]

Very nice indeed.

[@sirreality5145]

I don't think people should use carriage horses ever. Like making them pull you and other people. It's abusive as hell to do that