Draft horse
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A draft horse or draught horse, also known as dray horse, carthorse, work horse, or heavy horse, is a large horse bred to pull heavy loads and work agricultural tasks such as plowing. A number of bree
A draft horse is generally a large, heavy horse suitable for farm labor, like this Shire horse.
Comparison of a typical-sized carriage horse (top) to a heavy draft horse (bottom)
Draft horses plowing
A carter and his two draft horses, c. 1910
Percheron
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The Percheron is a breed of draft horse that originated in the Huisne river valley in western France, part of the former Perche province, from which the breed takes its name. Usually gray or black in
Draft horse
…bloodlines of the modern draft horse. Records indicate that even medieval drafts were not as large as those today. Of the modern draft breeds, the Percheron probably has the closest ties to the medieval war horse. By the 19th century, horses weighing more than 1,600 pounds (730 kg) that also moved at a quick…
Cheval percheron gris SDA2014
Haras in Saint Lô, Normandië, France
A black Percheron
A 1904 drawing of a Percheron