Heather and John Erskine have a two-horsepower rig that doesn't go very fast, but it can go just about anywhere, haul just about anything, and gets better mileage than anything on the market. And ...

The strongest horse breeds in the world weren’t built overnight. Generations of selective breeding and hard labor shaped them ...

RIFLE – Draft horses originally bred in Europe as beasts of burden in the field and in battle were in the spotlight here over the weekend. Spectators made their way to the Garfield County Fairgrounds ...

Brother, a Shire draft horse, approaches Town Square as he heads south on Main Street U.S.A. at Disneyland in Anaheim on Thursday, Mar 29, 2018.

Joe Biren, an agriculture teacher at Murray County Central who trains draft horses in his spare time, will lead a six-team hitch down the 5.5-mile parade route for Dakota Thunder Shires.

Brittany, a student at Blue Star Equiculture, works with the draft horses at Easthampton's Winterfest on Feb. 10, 2018. (Mary Serreze) Subscribers can gift articles to anyone ...

Silvershire Farm opened up their horse-drawn carriage rides for the 2025 season. Guests can witness beautiful flowers and learn the history of the countryside. ... the farm's Shire draft horses.

Gulliver, one of nine Shire draft horses rescued from a bad situation on Long Island, greets visitors to the Connecticut Draft Horse Rescue in East Hampton on April 27 of last year.

Patrons can expect to see Clydesdale, Shire, Percheron, and Belgian draft horses, each weighing nearly a ton and “decked out in gleaming patent leather and chrome harnesses,” according to the ...

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.

The arrival of three rare shire horse foals at a Nottinghamshire farm has been hailed as "wonderful news" by an animal conservation group. Once a common sight in farms and industry, shire horses ...