If horses can feel prde, then the Percheron horse can be proud of its heritage. They helped plow fields in many countries, worked in circuses and sacrificed themselves to battle in various wars. So, of course, mankind repays this gentle creature by eating them or using pregnant mares in the inhumane manufacture of hormone replacement ...
In 1788, a humble, quiet man named Justin Morgan moved to the small New England town of Randolph, Vermont. A latter-day Renaissance man, he was an avid horseman, as well as a teacher, composer, and businessman. One year after the move, he purchased a likely-looking bay colt, supposed to have been sired by the well-known ...
Giant breeds of dogs like the Great Dane possess temperaments very much like that of a draft horse. Since they know that very few creatures would try to pick a quarrel with them, they seem overall calmer and less easily frightened. Although all Great Danes have different personalities, on the whole they have incredibly friendly ...
My little boy is nine years old and weighs all of sixty pounds. His 9-year-old quarter horse mare is 1,000 pounds of sinew and muscle and big mare spirit. When I watch him catch his horse in the pasture, putting on her halter and then leading that long-legged horse out through the gate for a ...
The Breton is the most popular draft horse breed in France. Unfortunately, this is because the Breton is the favoured horse breed for eating. Those that are spared from the dinner table admirably work in harness, agriculture and even under saddle. Bretons work in vineyards, farmers’ fields and along shorelines to gather valuable seaweed. Bretons ...
The Suffolk Punch is one of the Western world’s best known rare draft horse breeds. Unlike many other draft horse breeds, Suffolk Punches usually come in one color – chestnut – and lack the dramatic leg feathering. By tradition, Suffolk breeders and owners spell the color of their horses “chesnut” because that was how the ...
The Irish Draught is a breed that makes you wonder why horse breeders don’t breed more of them and less of slimmer, more fragile breeds. Although called the Irish Draught (pronounced “draft”), they do not look like a typical draft horse breed. They were bred to be all-around horses, pulling plows as well as taking ...
Haflingers, also known as the Avelignese, may be small like ponies, but they are referred to as horses by those who are fanatical about them. They are incredibly strong for their small size. Their strength, pleasant attitude, versatility and chestnut coats have given them admirers all throughout Europe and North America. There are two types ...