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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Shire horse is the largest horse breed in the world—Sampson holds the world record with a height at the withers of 2.19 meters ...

BLACKFOOT – Long before Shire horses were used to pull heavy artillery in both world wars, they were already considered “the War Horse”. Think of an English knight in shining armor—chances are a ...

BLACKFOOT — Arlin Wareing isn’t really sure what it was that made him fall in love with Shire draft horses, but it’s lucky for the breed that he did. That’s because the Blackfoot resident played a ...

Three shire horse foals were born to three different mothers at the farm in Upton earlier this month The arrival of three rare shire horse foals at a Nottinghamshire farm has been hailed as "wonderful ...

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — As a matched pair of handsome, massive black horses hitched to a wagon rounded the bend in the snow-covered park, children heralded their arrival. Wagon driver Clayton Vetter ...

Shire horses and dressage don’t traditionally mix, but over recent years, more and more people have seen the potential Shire horses have as riding and sport horses. Shires and part-bred Shires are ...

IONA, Minn. - A team of six Shire horses trained and boarded on a rural Iona farm will grace television screens in homes across the country Friday morning as Pasadena, Calif., celebrates New Year’s ...

2.19 meters–that’s how tall the largest horse in the world was. Sampson, a Shire horse gelding from England, holds this title to this day. Few other breeds possess such impressive power while ...