The Dutch draft horse has a long history in the Netherlands. A long time ago, horses were the primary tool for agriculture, draft horses specifically. Eventually, farm machinery became more prevalent ...

Percherons are notable for their size. The average Percheron horse size is 16 to 17 hands (64 to 68 inches) high at the withers, and they typically weigh 1,900 to 2,100 pounds. Compare this to ...

SIERRA VISTA — While a familiar sight in the Amish farmlands of Ohio, Michigan and Pennsylvania, it's not often that folks around here see huge draft horse teams going down neighborhood roads. That is ...

VALLEY CITY, N.D. – Paul Geray spends two to three hours a day training his Belgians. The draft horses pull a lugging skid, which weighs 1,500 to 2,000 pounds, 2 to 4 miles a day to build their ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — “The draft horses are kind of the gentle giants, and they love the attention,” says Rodger Thoms. He’s one of the draft horse owners who brought some to the Farm Show. During ...

PIKE — The Draft Horse Show at the Wyoming County Fair has been a family affair for the Armisons for some time. Scott Armison of Rushford, Allegany County, had just left the ring after winning first ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... On their way to watch a rodeo, Dennis and Jean Kuehl got distracted by another kind of horse event — a 40-horse team of Belgian draft horses waiting to pull ...