Following from Percheron thread has anyone else got heavy horses?

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Hi
As title, does anyone else have heavy horses? Any pictures? Let us see them? Would you consider a heavy? Bit piccy heavy sorry!

This is Madame Du Champ, aka Fany Du Champ De La Petite Ville. An Ardennes (Trait Ardennais)
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Such a pretty face!
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Yes it was me! Lucky or what? Still waiting for a call about when and where of the lesson.

PS name is spelt like that, it is my little mare's name. Well my Gelderlander's name is Captain, so couldn't really have that!
 
This is really heavy - and he ain't fat!!
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our 3 yo Trait Breton
 
They'r lovely, we nearly bought one simular a year or so ago.
We have a shire, he is twenty three this year. [image]
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Photo was taken a couple of years ago, but he is a gorgeouse boy!!
We did wagon rides with him, but he is retired from that now. [image]
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Anouther photo cos i could'nt resist
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They are gorgeous, even with tinsel! I love Vladamir's face, he is so cute!
Yours are really big and they look really cuddly! It is funny, even though Fany is a heavy horse she is not really big, only 14-2hh but she is incredibly strong. They only grow up to 16hh ish, starting at 14-2hh.
 
Horseriderdeb
If you load them onto Photobucket then underneath there are codes, click on the bottom one and that is a direct link.

I love Shires, they generally have lovely natures. Are Comtois and Bretons the smaller drafts like Ardennes?
 
I have always loved the heavies, but I think some are better for driving that riding. Clydies and Shires seem to make very good comfortable riding horses and hunters. They have quite long legs and generally a slightly more athletic build.
The heavy thick set breeds like Bretons and Boulonaise ('scuse spelling!) look to me like they are better as driving horses, pulling heavy loads, which after all is what they are design for. Of course there are always exceptions within breeds. Also for heavy or very nervous riders they may be perfect.

For me, crosses with the heavy breeds always look super, Percheron, Shire, Clydesdale and I imagine the foreign breeds too. It strange how the Irish draught no longer seems so heavy as it once was and many have been breed to select out the finer (TB) features.
One of my ID/TB s sires was Timahoe Heather, he was the traditional type and was built like tank!

Timahoe Heather
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I have never seen any of these heavy breeds before but I think they all look lovely. I would really like to see one in real life. Can you ride them all or are they for driving?
 
Jane prince
Both Lulu and Grace are gorgeous! How big are they? Do you just drive or do you ride them as well?

Storminateacup and Marshmallow29
They are good ridden or driven, many make good RDA horses as their temprements tend to be calmer and gentler (of course there are always exceptions) Fany will be doing her first dressage test this summer. She is also the most bombproof horse I have ever met, we have yet to find anything she is afraid of. A man started a strimmer next to her and she never batted an eyelid.

Here is a picture of a Ardennes x ID
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Personally for me I feel that every horse has a place and can do a job, be it cold, warm or hot blood.
 
I have A Spanish Norman (Andalusian x Percheron). He is gy-normous. Built like his mahusive Percheron mother and is 17 hands and almost 3 years old. He is going to be ridden. Hopefully he will excel at all disciplines although I cant imagine him racing round Badminton. I will sort out photobucket account and upload pics later. He's a stunner.
 
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