Wagon driver Clayton Vetter gently pulled back on the reins of Cooper and Henry, stunning Shire horses, and the team calmly came to a stop at the pickup point for the next load of eager children ...

IONA, Minn. -- A team of six Shire horses trained and boarded on a rural Iona farm will grace television screens in homes across the country Friday morning as Pasadena, Calif., celebrates New Year ...

Last of the Shire horses: Only 1,500 remain worldwide THEY were once a familiar sight in every town and village in this country, pulling drays and working the land. But as mechanisation took over ...

BLACKFOOT — Arlin Wareing isn’t really sure what it was that made him fall in love with Shire draft horses, but it’s lucky for the breed that he did.

The annual West Wales Shire Horse Society show will return to Aberaeron later this month. The show, which attracts crowds ...

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 are ...

Working horse numbers have inevitably declined. The shire horse’s cousin and neighbour, the Suffolk Punch, is actually a Category One Endangered Species. Only 400 are left in the world.

Shire horses and dressage don't tend to mix, but there are Shires and part-breds out there who are bucking the trend and flying the flag for the breed ...

The horses learned their lessons well, obeying their owners’ voice commands as he held their collars up to harness them for the Dec. 10 wagon rides at Lincoln Park.

Once a common sight in farms and industry, shire horses are now considered "at risk" by the UK Rare Breeds Survival Trust (RBST). The charity estimates there are about 227 shire horses in total in ...