Heavy Horse Breeds

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Breed Country Colors Feathers Size in Hands Uses Origin Other Temperament  Blood Influences
North Swedish Horse Sweden All solid none 15.3 Light Draft 19th century Small compact  Good Cold Forest Horse, Dole Gudbrandsdal
Jutland Denmark, (Jutland peninsula) Chestnut, Roan; flaxen main&tail Coarse heavy feathers on lower legs 15-16 Draft 12th century Quick free action, deep girth, massive quarters   Cold Suffolk Punch
Brabant or Belgian Heavy Draft Belgium (Brabant & Flanders) Roan, chestnut none 16.2-17 Heavy Draft 1-2nd century AD Well known in USA   Cold Flanders
Noriker Austria and Central Alps Brown, Black, Chestnut some feathers 16-17 Light Draft 16th century Can have a spotted coat Easily managed Cold Spanish, Forest Horse
Ardennais France (Ardennes) & Belgium (Southeast) Roan heavy coarse feathers 15.3 Heavy Draft Pre-Christian Heavy and compact Docile Cold Forest Horse
Boulonnais France (Boulogne) Gray none 15.3-16.3 Heavy Draft 1-2nd century AD Singular beauty & refinement   Cold Spanish, Arabian,  Forest horse
Breton France (Black Mountains) Roan, Chestnut little feathering 15.3-16.3 Heavy Draft, Light Draft Middle Ages Displays energy & freedom at trot, docked tail   Cold Boulonnais, Ardennais, Percheron, Norfolk Roadster
Percheron France (Normandy) Gray, Black none 16-17.2 Heavy Draft 18th century Fine head, massive   Cold Norman Cob, Arabian
Norman Cob France (Normandy, La Manche) Chestnut, Bay little or none 15.3-16.3 Light Draft 19-20th cent Energetic trot, docked tail   Cold Norman Draft
Clydesdale UK (Lanarkshire, Scotland) Bay, Roan with White heavy but not coarse 16.2  Heavy Draft 18th century Very active paces   Cold Shire, Flanders Horse
Suffolk Punch UK (Suffolk, England) Chestnut (always) little or none 16-16.3 Heavy Draft 18th century Fine feet   Cold Flanders Horse, Norfolk Roadster
Shire UK (Midlands, England) Black, Bay, Gray heavily feathered, fine & silky 16.2-17.2 Heavy Draft 19th century Very popular, heaviest draft breed Gentle and easily managed Cold Friesian, Flanders Horse
Italian Heavy Draft Italy (Northern and Central) Chestnut, Roan little 15-16 Draft 18-19th cent numbers are decreasing kind and willing, energetic action Cold Breton

 

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