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Country Focus: Gentle Giants

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A profile of Dyfed Shire Horse Farm in Pembrokeshire.

The Pembrokeshire Shire horse farm that has saved a bloodline and sustained a breed.

Before the introduction of steam engines and tractors to work the land Shire horses were once essential for the farm.  Today, however, these heavy horses are  considered to be a rare and endangered breed.  Caroline Evans visits a tourist attraction in Pembrokeshire, where the family have increased the number of breeding shires they keep in order to try and sustain the breed.  Indeed, on the day Country Focus visits a new arrival has just been born!  The Dyfed Shire Horse Farm in Eglwyswrw boasts royal links, providing horses to the Household Cavalry over the years, with Major Apollo, or Ed as he was known on the farm, this year leading the horses in procession for King Charles III's coronation.

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