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About the Shire Breed
.Both in height and weight the Shire horse
is the greatest of England’s agricultural horses and was
used to a considerable extent in all large towns throughout
the country. Its origin may be traced to a breed of heavy horse
that was certainly in existence in Elizabethan times and was
referred to by historians of those days as the Great Horse of
England. That a horse of bulk and great strength was required
in those days is certain, when it is remembered that the war-horse
was needed to carry men in armour weighing perhaps 30 stone.
He had also to draw rough, heavy, springless carts over tracks,
which is the best that can be said of the so-called roads of
those days, or over country where roads did not exist. This,
then, was the forebear of the Shire Horse, which some 250 years
ago came to be known by that name.
In England the horse is bred largely in the deep and heavy-soiled
counties of Lincoln, Cambridge and Huntingdon, where his enormous
strength makes him popular as an agricultural horse. The best
of the breed stand over 17 hands and are capable of pulling
a net weight of 5 tons, and although perhaps the slowest worker
of the heavy breeds, the Shire is a steady, level mover of great
honesty.
Bays and browns are the predominating colours, while blacks
and greys are less frequent, and all Shires have a considerable
amount of white on the feet and legs.
In character this great horse is of a docile nature, and at
three years old it can be worked on the farms, soon becoming
a commercial proposition. Representatives of the breed are to
be found at most horse shows where agricultural classes are
to be seen.
Description: Colour: predominating colours bays and browns,
then blacks and greys. Height, 16.2 to 17.3 hands; average about
17 hands. Head lean in proportion to body, neither too large
nor too small. Forehead broad between the eyes. Nose: nostrils
thin and wide, lips together and nose slightly roman. Ears,
long, lean, sharp and sensitive. Throat, clean-cut and lean.
Shoulders, deep and oblique and wide enough for the collar to
rest on. Neck, fairly long, slightly arched, well set up to
give the horse a commanding appearance.
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| Akhal-Teke
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Quarter | American
Saddle | Andalusian
| Anglo-Arab
| Anglo-Arab
in France | Anglo-Kabarda
| Anglo-Norman
| Appaloosa
| Ardennes
| Australian
(Waler) | Austrian
| Balearic
| Barb
| Basuto
| Batak/Deli
| Beberbeck
| Beetwk
| Boulonnais
| Brabancon
| Breton
| Budyonovsky
| Burmese
(Shan) | Camargue
| Caspian
| Charollais
Half-bred | Cleveland
Bay | Clydesdale
| Cob
(Riding) | Connemara
| Criollo
| Dales
| Danish
| Danubian
| Dartmoor
| Donsky
| Dutch
Draught | East
Bulgarian | Exmoor
| Falabella
| Fell
| Flemish
| French
Thoroughbred | Friesian
| Galiceno
| Gelderland
| Gidran
and Nonius | Gothland
| Groningen
| Gudbrandsdal
| Hack
| Hackney
Horse | Hackney
Pony | Hafflinger
| Hanoverian
| Highland
| Holstein
| Hungarian
Shagya | Hunter
| Iceland
| Iomud
| Italian
| Jutland
| Kabarda
| Karabair
and Lokai | Karabakh
| Kathiawari
and Marwari | Klepper
| Knabstrup
| Konik
| Latvian
| Limousin
(Half-bred) | Lipizzaner
| Manipur
| Mecklenburg
| Mongolian
| Morgan
| Mustang
| New
Forest | Norwegian-Fjord
| Oldenburg
| Orlov
| Palomino
| Percheron
| Persian
| Pinto
| Pleven
| Polish
Arab | Polish
Half-bred | Polish
Thoroughbred | Rhenish
| Russian
Saddle | Russian
Steppe | Russian
Thoroughbred | Scandinavian
| Schleswig
| Shetland
| Shire
| Spanish
| Spiti
and Bhutia | Standard
Bred | Strelets
| Suffolk
| Swedish
| Tarpan
| Tennessee
Walking Horse | Tersky
| Thoroughbred
| Timor
Pony | Trakehner
| Turk
| Ukrainian
| Vendéen-Charentais
Half-bred | Viatka
| Welsh
Cob | Welsh
Mountain and Welsh Pony | Zeeland
Horse | Zemaitukas
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