David Heisler with two of his Suffolk Punch draft horses, Bud (left) and Doc, at the Artisan Festival at the Canterbury Shaker Village on Saturday, September 15, 2018. Credit: GEOFF FORESTER—Monitor ...

Have you ever encountered one of the biggest horse breeds? Many of these tall, broad equines are draft horses. Due to their history, which is mostly rooted in working the land, you don’t see as many ...

The majestic American Cream draft horse is an endangered breed. Originally developed in Iowa, the American Cream is the only draft horse created in the United States. This horse is known for its ...

The large horse breeds your grandparents raised are still the best for small farmsteads. Our illustrated guide will help you choose which breed is right for yours. Near extinction, this is America’s ...

The plow cuts into the earth, turning soil that is the same deep brown hue as the giant horses pulling the antique farm machinery. "Haw," calls out Maddie Schill, and the team of Brabant draft horses, ...

Any breed of horse that frequently measures over 18hh is in the running for fielding the biggest horses in the world. Some of the taller individuals of these heavy horse breeds can measure over 20hh.

UNION GAP, Wash. -- Before automated and tractor-drawn plows were all the rage, farmers typically prepped their fields for the growing season by using plows that were pulled by a team of horses. But ...

Learn about the British draft horse breed, its physical strength and the farm capabilities of the Suffolk punch horse bred for work on the farm. “Come up, gentlemen,” says Jason Rutledge. The two red ...

Here’s a dare for those who decide to attend the Northern Colorado Draft Horse Association’s Show Saturday at the Saddle Club Arena on the north side of the Island Grove Regional Park in Greeley: Try, ...

A new genetic study examining the ancestry of the park herd found they are most closely connected to large draft horse breeds, and show little Spanish mustang influence. Some horses at Theodore ...

Picture the kind of farmer who relies on horses, not a tractor, to plow his fields, and your mind’s eye probably conjures a conservative Amish gentleman or some Colonial Williamsburg curator in full ...