Shire horses are one of the oldest breeds of draft horses, which are large, strong animals bred for their ability to do farm work and other labor. Shire horses are known for their gentle temperaments ...

Local residents can feel a rumbling in east Loveland this weekend with the continuation of a classic draft horse show. The Loveland Thunder draft horse show, put on by Western States Classic, will be ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

McKenna Shaw uses a cloth to brush any remaining hay and dust from draft horse Spencer's coat, minutes before he and three other horses leave the barn for the four-horse hitch competition. INTERVIEWER ...

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 ...

Due to COVID-19, decorated horse-drawn carriages carrying Santa and Mrs. Claus through busy downtown streets lined with families celebrating the holidays are — at least for this year — a Christmas ...

At Second Chance Stables & Draft Rescue Inc. in Savoy, Kristie Gentile saves horses, with a focus on draft horses in particular, from slaughter. Some of the horses that arrive at Gentile’s stable are ...