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In 1905, also in Chicago, Percheron breeders met again to reform as the Percheron Society of America. Since 1934, the group has been known as the Percheron Horse Association of America. [18] At its height, the organization was the largest draft horse association in the world, in the early 20th century registering over 10,000 horses annually ...
The Bar U Ranch National Historic Site, located near Longview, Alberta, is a preserved ranch that for 70 years was one of the leading ranching operations in Canada. At its peak, the ranch extended over 160,000 acres (65,000 ha) with 30,000 cattle and 1000 Percheron horses.
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 ...
The Trait du Maine is an extinct draft horse breed originating from the region of Maine in northwestern France. Bred from the 1830s onwards by crossing mares from Mayenne with Percheron stallions, it had its own studbook due to the Percheron Horse Society refusing to include horses born outside of the Perche region. The Trait du Maine was ...
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 ...
Prince Chaldean (also known as Chaldean 854 and Chaldean 637) is a Percheron gray stallion, known for his very long, abundant mane.Born in the Perche region of France in 1877, he was exported as a youngster to the United States, where he was briefly owned by Mark Wentworth Dunham, who sold him a few months later to Mr. Babcock in Wisconsin.
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 ...
Draft horse showing (UK and Commonwealth; draught horse, dray horse or carthorse) refers to horse shows exclusively for horses of the draft horse breeds. In North America , though a small number of draft horses are also shown under saddle , the term "Draft horse showing" refers to a specific horse show competition that primarily features ...