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Working Draft Horses86

Draft Horses for Sale

Owning a cold blood can be a great joy, there are tons of clubs and activities geared around all of the things draft horses excel at doing and there are tons of great breeds to choose from.  They generally...

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How Big is a Draft Horse?

While most people think of big when they think of draft horses, it is more a matter of what the horse does than its size. That being said, the majority of draft horses are large in size, as the work they do...

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Friesian Horses for Sale

The first reason I would say no to any draft horse is the cost of them.  I can keep a nice saddle horse of any breed cheaper than any draft or light draft breed can be kept for.  The vet charges more for...

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Horse Pull at Denton Farm Park, Denton, NC76

Horse Pulling

I arrived at Hunt Horse Complex on the North Carolina State Fair Grounds early. I walked around the barn area looking for my friend who had insisted I bring my camera to the Annual Southern National Draft...

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Belgian Draft Horse

In this site, you will find pictures, videos and history about the Belgian  Draft Horse. A little definition of the Belgian Draft Horse, this horse is also called the Brabant. This is the area of Belguim...

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Shire Horse

The shire horse is a pure draft horse. It is the tallest draft horse breed. A stallion may stand 18 hands (180 cm) tall and weighs just short of a tonne (910 kg). The Shire Horse and its closed relative the...

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Bringing Back Real Horse Power

One of the joys of writing The Book of Draft Horses and The Book of Mules has been meeting some folks who have taken it upon themselves to preserve a part of our country's heritage; partnering up with their...

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Clydesdale Draft Horse

Probably the most recognized of draft horse breeds in American, thanks to beer and football, is the Clydesdale. Staring in some of the Super Bowl's most memorial commercials, the Clydesdale hitch is well...

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Will Sweet Feed Make Your Horse hyper?

In 2008 Science Daily, "Sweets Make Young Horses Harder to Train", published an article based on equine nutrition research done at Montana State University. The researchers studied twelve young (the article...

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Writing Career by Divine Intervention

Writing The Book of Miniature Horses: Buying, Breeding, Training, Showing, and Enjoying came about through divine intervention, or some might say - networking! One day I was minding my own business down...

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