The big Percheron draft horse teams at Young Living Essential Oil’s Lavender Farm were sparked by an equally big dream. Upon seeing the gentle giants perform at Colorado’s Big Thunder Draft Horse Show ...
Percherons are notable for their size. The average Percheron horse size is 16 to 17 hands (64 to 68 inches) high at the withers, and they typically weigh 1,900 to 2,100 pounds. Compare this to ...
Robin Dunn, a 23-year fixture of the Lawrence Old-Fashioned Christmas Parade, is pictured with her Percheron draft horses, Bruce, left, and Bill, on Monday at her farm, Dunn's Landing, south of ...
EASTHAMPTON -- Winterfest wouldn't be the same without wagon rides courtesy of the large, gentle draft horses from Blue Star Equiculture. The therapeutic farm in Palmer specializes in caring for ...
Picture the kind of farmer who relies on horses, not a tractor, to plow his fields, and your mind’s eye probably conjures a conservative Amish gentleman or some Colonial Williamsburg curator in full ...
A team of Percheron horses strut their stuff at a draft horse show. (Photo by Lillian Shupe | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com) HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Every year for the past 35 years the middle of January has ...
Gerald and Melissa Allebach train Bentley, a 2-year-old stallion who won the Junior World Champion title at the World Percheron Congress in West Springfield, Mass., earlier this month. Photo provided ...
It’s not unusual for Pete and Joe, two immense black Percheron draft horses with hooves the size of a man’s head, to get into your personal space. Inquisitive and friendly, they’re not shy about ...