Classic Carriage Works, LLC.

03/31/2020

It’s time to slow down. Enjoy the fresh air and smell of fresh spring grass. The Percherons certainly are. 💚

Tell us how your spending your quarantine time!

Don’t forget to wash your hands 💦



📸: Natalie Aitken

03/18/2020

Due to recent world events, Classic Carriage has chosen to close its doors for as long as is needed to ensure the health and safety of not only our staff but for you, our customers. This decision will ensure that our staff can practice social distancing and that we can help to bend the curve.

We encourage you all to stay safe and healthy durning these trying times.

💚,

The Percheron herd and Classic family

02/25/2020

Quiet winter days are quickly turning into spring! We’re excited to show you the beauty our city has to offer during this time of year! 🌸🌼🌺

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12/25/2019

The Percherons may or may not have had a special job last night ✨

But you didn’t hear that from us 😉

Happy Holidays from all of us at Classic Carriage Works 💚

12/22/2019

It’s the last night of “Christmas Inn Our Town” in beautiful Fountain Inn, SC. Put on your rain gear and head out to see the Percherons one last time for the season in their home away from home 6pm-9pm.

We can’t wait to see you there 🐴 🎄

12/20/2019

We’re back for the last weekend of “Christmas Inn our town” in Fountain Inn South Carolina, Friday-Sunday 6pm-9pm.

Join us for a quaint ride through the neighborhoods of this beautiful town while enjoying the sights of Christmas lights in this festive area ✨🎄

Pre-Purchase your carriage ride tickets here:
https://www.fountaininnevents.com/events

12/13/2019

A little Larry lovin’ from the Classic farm! We think it’s safe to say that he’s enjoying retirement 💚

Have you taken a carriage tour recently? Locals always ride for half price 👍🏻

12/08/2019

🎅 🐴💚

11/23/2019

There is nothing like a walk down the battery on a beautiful fall day, unless of course you could be on a carriage 🌴 🐴

Locals ride for half price year round ✅

11/14/2019

T-minus 21 days until we hit the streets of Fountain Inn to help ring in “Christmas inn your town” 🎄 🐴

Fountain Inn offers so much holiday spirit during Christmas with their tree lighting, carriage rides, theatre shows, and holiday market.

10/31/2019

Happy Halloween from Carson, the My Little Percheron and the rest of the Classic Herd 🎃

10/05/2019

10/02/2019

Check out this awesome time lapse behind the scenes at Classic Carriage Works!

Classic barn fun fact: We mix our own shampoo! It’s a special blend that ensures that the Percherons coats are not only shiny but, some of the softest coats in the city.

Feel free to let us know if you have any questions about the Percherons and their care in the comments 💚

09/24/2019

WARNING: This video contains images of a Classic Percheron showing off in front of his friends. The following video has been known to make people smile and laugh.

Don’t say we didn’t warn you 😉💚

09/09/2019

Bud has the most unusual “scratchy spots”... or actually any spot is a “scratchy spot” for Bud.

What are your pet’s odd or unusual “scratchy spots”?

09/08/2019

Charleston is open for business ✅ 🐴

For all the people who are asking whether it is ok to come to Charleston, all is well. If you didn't know we had a hurricane, you might not even know we had a hurricane. The cleanup has been really impressive.

09/06/2019

BREAKING NEWS: We have received word that the Percherons are fully enjoying their 🐴 🌀

has passed and thankfully, spared us a landfall here in Charleston. Some reports show that we were spared by just 25-30 miles!

While the City of Charleston dodged a direct hit, the peninsula did take quite the beating. The city and surrounding areas endured high winds and flooding. However, the most wonderful thing about Charleston is that we never miss a beat and as a city, we bounce back from these weather events in record time. We expect to take the next few days to clean up the barn and we intend to be back in business as soon as the city reopens on Monday.

Be sure to make your reservation, we can’t wait to see you!

Book here: https://fareharbor.com/embeds/book/classiccarriage/?full-items=yes&u=b098142a-7892-4745-b68c-8132f10ba0db&from-ssl=yes&ga=UA-139553805-1,916508945.1567737740%3B

09/03/2019

The Safety of the Classic Percherons and our staff is always our number one priority. For that reason, team Classic began evacuating our herd to safer pastures yesterday afternoon due to the impending arrival of Hurricane Dorian. We will remain closed until further notice.

Stay safe, Charleston 💚

07/31/2019

All smiles at The Old Brick Barn 🥰

07/18/2019

Is there really anything better than that first morning belly scratch?

We’d bargain to say that Bud thinks not 😍🤣

07/09/2019

Free Percheron love with every tour 💚

06/03/2019

Bill has been getting so much fan mail that he got his own locker with the human employees! Thank you so much for all the love! 🐴💞💚

05/31/2019

On Wednesday, an employee of ours shared the story of our horse named Bill. In the now viral post, she details how Bill came to work with us as a “buy one-get one” horse otherwise destined to be purchased by a meat buyer. She shares the lengths that we go to, to ensure that Bill has the best life that there could be for a horse.

People fell in love with Bill. We have even received some amazon packages filled with Bill’s favorite treats (Nature’s Valley granola bars). It is so heart warming for us to see so many people fall in love with Bill and Ginger. A dynamic duo, no doubt.

However, we want everyone to know that Bill shares the same story as so many other carriage horses in our city and around the country. Horses that are destined for not so great places, being purchased by carriage companies willing to give them a life of luxury. Bill is one of thousands. Thankfully, Bill got lucky 💚

We would also like to say thank you to everyone who shared Ginger and Bill’s story. Thank you to the carriage operators around the country that work every day in hopes that people see their story like they saw Ginger and Bill’s.

Now that we’re done being sappy, here is an adorable video of Ginger giving Bill one of his granola bars from Icemans Thunder (great name, btw) at Armour Equine Services, LLC...

THANK YOU 💚

Check out Ginger’s post here ⬇️

https://www.facebook.com/1456599674/posts/10217409480216404?s=1123096917&sfns=mo

Update: We’ve just learned that Icemans Thunder is *not* a horse name, but we still think it would be a pretty awesome one! (For anyone wondering) 😂

05/30/2019

“You’re gonna put that where?!”

With all of the heat hub-bub, we thought this would be a great time to talk about the internal temperature of the Percherons...

The City of Charleston requires that each animal have it’s internal temperature checked after each tour once the ambient temperature reaches 85 degrees. Industry standard is to check year round, regardless of the temperature outside. The temperature of an animal can tell us so much more than if they are too hot to work.

The city of Charleston has a list of specifications listed in our ordinance in regards to the internal temperature of our working horses (which we will link in the comments). The important thing to note is that the normal resting temperature of a horse is between 99.0-101.5, as listed by the AAEP ( https://aaep.org/horsehealth/signs-healthy-horse ). At Classic, no horse ever leaves our barn with an internal temperature higher than 100.9. We feel that cooler horses leaving for tour means cooler horses coming back from tour. Sometimes that means customers may have to wait an additional 5-10 minutes for their tour but, we know they don’t mind 💚

Just one of the many ways that we put the Percherons first 😍

05/30/2019

At Classic, we pride ourselves on putting the Percherons first. Our commitment to their care and well beings has always been and will continue to be our top priority.

Larry is an 11 year old Percheron that came to work with Classic in 2012. His spunky personality has never ceased to put a smile on our faces. The class clown, Larry has won the hearts of many locals who frequently stop by the barn to say hello when he’s in the city.

Larry has a heart to work. If there ever could be an example of a horse that loves his job, Larry would be it. He walks with confidence in the city and thrives on the attention that he gains from visitors with his upbeat personality. However, it has come to our attention that life in the city might not be right for Larry. We pride our selves in understanding that city life is not for all horses- no matter where their heart is. Because we feel that is it our responsibility to put the well being of our herd first -always- we have made the decision to place Larry into retirement.

Larry will spend the rest of his life at the Classic farm as pasture mate to his working partners. He will never want for or need anything in his life. He will continue to receive the highest standard of care.

While Larry’s work is done in the city, he will serve as a steward to our new horses and drivers. He will bridge the gap in learning the ropes from farm to city. Larry’s job has only just begun and with a heart to work, we know that he is up to it.

Congratulations, Larry! We look forward to many more years together in the Classic herd 💚

05/29/2019

We’re hanging up the harness early once again for the Charleston heat wave. ☀️

We will be back tomorrow, bright eyed and bushy tailed for our early bird tour. 🐦

https://www.classiccarriage.com/

Locals always ride for half price 😎

05/29/2019

Farm check 🤠

Our vacationing Percherons opted to spend the afternoon grazing in the sunshine while our city herd spent the afternoon cooling down with baths and fans.

Our farm herd does have access to an open barn with running fans on hot days like today, but you know what they say...

You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make them drink.

Or stand under a fan, for that matter 💚

05/28/2019

Rub a dub dub, one cool horse getting a scrub 🧼

We’ve closed up early to avoid the heat once again. We will be back at it tomorrow at 8:30am. Be sure to reserve your seats for a morning tour to beat the heat ☀️

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