LaPorte County is hosting one of the biggest draft horse shows in the state.Starting on Thursday, the 24th Annual LaPorte ...

When 96,000 pounds of horsepower comes thundering around the MetraPark Arena on Saturday, the floor is guaranteed to shake. Giants of the horse world - Belgians, Clydesdales, Shires and a new breed of ...

HARRISBURG — As Dave Hershey’s helpers worked with horsepower Sunday, they looked as busy as any Indianapolis 500 pit crew on race day. They already had washed six Percherons at the 99th Pennsylvania ...

BELIVDERE — The Boone County fair has one of the largest livestock showings in North America that being the Draft horse and pony shows. The shows bring in participants from all over from Ohio and ...

The life of a working draft horse can be a grueling and tragic one. These powerful workhorses literally pull their weight on the farm, doing all sorts of tough physical jobs from plowing fields to ...

Draft horses are able to manoeuvre between uneven plantings of old vines, navigate steep slopes and work tight vineyard corners that tractors cannot safely manage.

More than 50 draft horses will dazzle Western Slope audiences this weekend at the Western States Classic. Friday’s show will start at 6 p.m., and both Saturday and Sunday’s shows will start at 1 p.m.

It all started more than a century ago on a little farm in Iowa with a draft horse mare with the unassuming name of Old Granny. Farmers began to notice something peculiar about Old Granny’s offspring.

The draft horse, mule and donkey show took place at the National Western Stock Show in Denver on Jan. 21, 2024. The show highlights the sheer force of today’s draft horses with the 8 hitch teams of ...

A horse stands in a field as a light snow falls at BraveHearts Equine Center in Bourbon County, Ky. The draft horse rescue farm is home to over 100 horses, miniature horses and burros. Ryan C. Hermens ...