PHOENIX — The Phoenix Zoo is mourning the loss of one of their Percheron/Belgian draft horses. 20-year-old Pete died at the zoo's Thunderbird Equine Facility. Pete and his half-brother Jake came to ...
This weekend the New York State Fair’s coliseum will be full of competitions of the biggest horses you will see at the fair. Each Percheron, Clydesdale, and Belgian horse weighs about one ton and can ...
Percherons are notable for their size. The average Percheron horse size is 16 to 17 hands (64 to 68 inches) high at the withers, and they typically weigh 1,900 to 2,100 pounds. Compare this to ...
Strong, yet graceful, horses will be featured at the 35th Annual Britt Draft Horse Show on the Hancock County District Fairgrounds in Britt, Iowa, on Sept. 2-4, 2016. The show will feature eighteen of ...
HARRISBURG, Pa. -- There was plenty of horse power at the 100 th Pennsylvania Farm Show held in Harrisburg in January. Dignitaries arrived in horse drawn carriages for opening ceremonies. Horses then ...