Officer Smitty is a Percheron horse, a large draft breed originating from France. These horses are large, gentle, and easy to ...

UP NEXT, IN THE TEN DAY. THE DRAFT HORSE HITCH AND DRIVE IS HAPPENING TODAY AT THE PENNSYLVANIA FARM SHOW. AND IF YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT THAT IS, IT INCLUDES SOME REALLY BIG HORSES. THEY LOOK BIG ON TV.

VALPARAISO — Teams of horses lined up with contestants near the entrance to the Porter County Fair as they prepared to compete in the 4-H draft horse show. A draft horse is a large horse bred to be a ...

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 ...

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 ...