Our award-winning driver, Jason Goodman, and the magnificent Priefert Percherons can "hitch" to participate in parades, elegantly transport dignitaries, or perform a 5 to 15 minute Texas Thunder exhibition in an arena setting. These exhibitions are set to high energy music and showcase the true talent of our veteran teamster and horses. Jason takes his six outstanding horses through a series of maneuvers rarely seen in this day and age. Entering the arena at a strong trot, Jason guides the horses into corners of the arena and then skillfully angles them across to change directions. He then has the horses bring the freight wagon to a complete stop, asking the horses to back the wagon into the arena wall in order to demonstrate a "docking" procedure. This was once a necessary skill for teamsters to possess, as it was required for the loading and unloading of freight from their wagon. While docked, Jason fans the horses from side to side, a full 180 degrees while the wagon stays precisely in the dock. Each performance also includes the maneuver known as "spin the top", where the horses are guided at a trot into a circle that grows smaller and smaller, until the wagon turns on the spot in the very center. Although this maneuver is common among draft hitch exhibitions, the Priefert Percherons are the only hitch to exit this maneuver at a full gallop, known as the "stagecoach run". It is a magnificent performance that thrills crowds time and again.

Perhaps the only thing to match the speed and daring of the Priefert Percheron hitch is the skill and daring of hitch driver Jason Goodman. Jason is the only big-hitch driver to Roman Ride his team of horses. He fearlessly stands atop the wheel team, driving the other four horses in front of him. There are no saddles or straps to secure Jason to the horses. He stands, one foot on each of the wheel horses, as he holds the driving lines for all six. The horses have no harnesses on to hold them together, only the bridles connected to lines in Jason;s capable hands. Jason guides the horses around the arena, through figure eights, and even takes the horses into a full gallop as he balances carefully on their backs. It is truly an amazing spectacle that shouldn't be missed.