big boys

Working Horse… How much weight can one horse pull..? Wall Photo Of Rick Sorenson…

North Swedish Horse, Nordsvensk

Hope of Glory Gypsy Horses

Magnificent! #HeavyHorses

Draft Horse

clydesdale horse, feather, beautiful HorseWasMyFirstWord.coml

Logging

Draft horse at work pulling. (Gigi Embrechts photo)

Weighing one ton and capable of shifting timber the same weight as a double-decker bus in just one day, these Shire horses (pictured) are being used to their full capacity in order to tackle overgrown woodland.

Take me there...

A job where a good logging horse is invaluable is on very steep ground. Here Prince, our stallion, hauls logs of up to a ton weight down a 70 degree bank and out to the roadside Photos; Jennifer O'Sullivan