Draught Horses
American Cream Draught
Origins: The only draught breed to have originated in America
Description: A medium cream color with white mane and tail, pink skin and amber eyes. Strong and gentle
Height: 16.2 hands high
Color: Cream
Ardennais
Origins: France
Description: One of the world's leading heavy horses; powerful but very gentle
Height: 15 to 16 hands high
Color: Varied but mainly roan, iron grey, chestnut, bay
Breton
Origins: France
Description: Compact bodies and short legs. Energetic and willing
Height: 15 to 16.1 hands high
Color: Chesnut, gray or roan
Clydesdale
Origins: Scotland
Description: Long pasterns, a long arched neck and leg feathers (long hair in the fetlock area). They have a lively and free action
Height: 16 to 17 hands high
Color: Usually bay or brown with white in the face and legs
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Freiberger
Origins: Switzerlnd
Description: Active mover, calm, good-natured, and sure-footed
Height: 15 hands high
Color: Bay or Chestnut
Friesian
Origins: Holland
Description: A well-balanced horse with a noble look and kind temperment
Height: 15 to 16 hands high
Color: Black
Italian Heavy Draught
Origins: Italy
Description: Attractive horse, stocky in build, can move at a good speed
Height: 15 hands high
Color: Mainly chestnut with flaxen mane and tail
Noriker
Origins: Austria
Description: Strong, tough with a calm temperement, sure-footed
Height: 16 to 17 hands high
Color: Mainly brown
Percheron
Origins: France. Arab influence, now one of the world's most popular work horses
Description: An attractive, well-proportioned horse with stamina
Height: 16.1 hands high
Color: Grey or black
Poitevin
Origins: France
Description: Massive legs wit heavy feather and large feet. Known for being powerful but slow
Uses: Naimly bred for the mares that are crossed to produce mules
Height: 16.2 to 17 hands high
Color: Brown, dun, or bay
Shire
Origins: Britain
Description: Gentle giants of the horse world. Wide-chested with white markings and heavy feathers
Height: 16.2 to 17.3 hands high
Color: Black, brown, grey, or bay
Suffolk Punch
Origins: Britain's oldest heavy breed
Description: They have a massive neck, square body and no feathers. Economical feeders and long-lived
Height: 16 to 16.3 hands high
Color: Always "chestnut"
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