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A draft horse (US) or draught horse (UK), also known as dray horse, carthorse, work horse or heavy horse, is a large horse bred to be a working animal hauling freight and doing heavy agricultural tasks such as plowing. There are a number of breeds, with varying characteristics, but all share common traits of strength, patience, and a docile ...
Individual draft horses (4 P) Pages in category "Draft horses" The following 30 pages are in this category, out of 30 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
In 1982, owners began blood-typing their horses, [1] and by 1990, genetic testing found that "compared with other draft breeds and based upon gene marker data, the Creams form a distinct group within the draft horses." [5] The American Cream Draft was found to have a genetic relationship with the Belgian breed that was no closer than the ones ...
The Australian Draught horse was created using European draft breeds, including the Clydesdale, imported in the late 1800s. [29] In the early 1900s it was considered profitable to breed Clydesdale stallions to Dales Pony mares to create a mid-sized draught horses for pulling commercial wagons and military artillery. Unfortunately, after just a ...
The horses have been used throughout history as war horses, both as cavalry mounts and to draw artillery, and are used today mainly for heavy draft and farm work, meat production and competitive driving events. They have also been used to influence or create several other horse breeds throughout Europe and Asia.
The Dutch Draft, Dutch: 'Nederlands Trekpaard', is a Dutch breed of heavy draft horse. It is of cold-blood type, massively built and calm in temperament; it has good stamina. It was bred in the early twentieth century in the province of Zeeland , and may for that reason be known as the Zeeland Horse or Dutch : 'Zeeuws Paard' .
Meat horse, horses that originated as working draft breeds but were repurposed for consumption after tractors took over agricultural work. Mostly in France, breeders of draft breeds wanted to keep their regional and heritage breeds alive, but needed financial reasons to keep breeding, leading to the French government encouraging draft breeds to ...
They are also commonly used to improve other breeds through crossbreeding. Today the breed is used as a draft horse on small farms and to gather seaweed. It is also bred for meat production; [5] horse meat is a dietary staple in many European countries, including France, Belgium, Germany and Switzerland. [16]