Ray Ramsey knows as well as anybody that agriculture has progressed past the days of using horses, mules and oxen as working implements — and that’s just one reason why he insists on using draft ...

The draft horse, mule and donkey show took place at the National Western Stock Show in Denver on Jan. 21, 2024. The show highlights the sheer force of today’s draft horses with the 8 hitch teams of ...

HARRISBURG — As Dave Hershey’s helpers worked with horsepower Sunday, they looked as busy as any Indianapolis 500 pit crew on race day. They already had washed six Percherons at the 99th Pennsylvania ...

More than 50 draft horses will dazzle Western Slope audiences this weekend at the Western States Classic. Friday’s show will start at 6 p.m., and both Saturday and Sunday’s shows will start at 1 p.m.

It all started more than a century ago on a little farm in Iowa with a draft horse mare with the unassuming name of Old Granny. Farmers began to notice something peculiar about Old Granny’s offspring.

Joanne's Fudge Shop on Mackinac Island this week shared video of a rite of spring on the island, as some of the hundreds of draft horses that pull carriages and haul cargo returned. "And so it begins!

Have you ever encountered one of the biggest horse breeds? Many of these tall, broad equines are draft horses. Due to their history, which is mostly rooted in working the land, you don’t see as many ...

Amish famers test their draft horse teams to see how heavy a load each can pull at the biennial Briggs Road benefit dinner and auction.

The life of a working draft horse can be a grueling and tragic one. These powerful workhorses literally pull their weight on the farm, doing all sorts of tough physical jobs from plowing fields to ...

SLAYTON, Minn. — The seventh annual Murray County Draft Horse Show in Slayton is planned July 13-14. Twelve draft horse teams will compete for points in the North American Six Horse Hitch Classic ...

San Antonio — Some American dreams look like this: A quiet ranch in South Bexar County, with beauties like Zeus, and 18 other horses. “I'm in the house, and if the weather and the wind and the breeze ...

LAPORTE — Two children and an adult were injured in an accident caused by a spooked draft horse Thursday afternoon at the LaPorte County Fair. Fair Board President Steve Mrozinski said the adult was ...