I had never tried and suspected I would be about as successful at it as a shire horse would.
From the nzherald.co.nz
But, like bringing a combine harvester to a shire horse convention, the series is going hi-tech.
From the metro.co.uk
Jim had been a horseman all his life, leading a shire horse stallion around the farms of East Anglia.
From the newscientist.com
Matt Legge with the giant shire horse, Harry.
From the iwcp.co.uk
I want the pub restocked by a cart pulled by a shire horse and I want my pizza to arrive cold because it's been carried on foot.
From the telegraph.co.uk
The sprawling complex within the Brecon Beacons National Park takes in a shire horse centre, iron age village, campsite and farm.
From the blackburncitizen.co.uk
The shire horse used to deliver beer for Wadworth Brewery in Devizes and when he moved to Bristol, Alfie and his family wanted to still see him.
From the thisisbristol.co.uk
England's well-earned reputation for coming out of the starting stalls with all the speed of a Whitbread shire horse has in no way been diminished by the first two days'play in Cardiff.
From the guardian.co.uk
It's crammed with gorgeous hooks and sprightly, boinging melodies that leave you feeling like you're trotting down a cobbled hill on a shire horse full of banjos, inside your head.