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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 ...
Cob (horse), a body type of small, sturdy, compact and powerful riding horse with a number of breeds and partbreds falling onto the classification; Colonial Spanish horse, descendants of the original Jennet-type horse brought to North America, now with a number of modern breed names. Draft horse or draught horse
This is a list of horse breeds usually considered to originate or have developed in Canada and the United States. Some may have complex or obscure histories, so inclusion here does not necessarily imply that a breed is predominantly or exclusively from those countries.
At this time the breed also became larger, with horses from other French districts being imported to Perche to change the Percheron from a coach horse averaging 1,200–1,400 pounds (540–640 kg) to a draft horse averaging 2,000 pounds (910 kg). [14] The Percheron stud book was created in France in 1893. [1]
The extra weight and size was desired to turn the breed into a very heavy draft breed, after their role as an artillery horse had diminished through the advent of mechanization, as well as a desire for a meat animal. The breed increased in size from an average of 550 kilograms (1,210 lb) to their current weight, [6] which at the same time had ...
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It is very strong relative to its size and has short but muscular legs. [4] This type has absorbed another, older type, called the Grand Breton, a heavier horse that was used to improve many other draft breeds. [7] The Centre-montagne or Central Mountain Breton is a smaller draft type. In harness
The Polish Coldblood (Polish: Polski koń zimnokrwisty) is a modern Polish breed of draught horse of medium to heavy weight. It was formed in 1964 when the various regional draught breeds or types were merged into a single stud-book.