Really want experience with heavies!

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I really want to start getting some practical experience with heavy horses as looking towards getting a draft breed next year.

I would love to learn how to long rein, drive and use a horse for wood logging.

I have found a few wood logging centres and draft breeders who do courses but they all seem to be down south and some are VERY expensive.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated :D

Any anyone who has a heavy in the NW and wants some help i am very good at mucking out ;)
 
HAve you goggled the breeds you are interested in to see if there is a club locally.

We have a heavy horse club near where I live in NZ and they run training days, ploughing matches etc.

I've joined as I would like to learn how to do the mane rolls properly.
 
Why not have a look at Heavy Horse World magazine? It's quite comprehensive in its coverage of all things "Heavy." Their website is www.heavyhorseworld.co.uk. There's also The Clydesdale International & Shires. Their website is www.clydesdale.co.uk. You could also contact The Shire Horse Society at www.shire-horse.org.uk. Certainly any of these publications/societies will be able to point you in the right direction.
 
Cumbrian heavy horses is amazing, just round the corner from me they keep their horses beautifully. They have a range of treks and are not expensive.
You are welcome to come and muck Fany out any time, but I warn you she is a one horse muck pile, the only horse I know who can fill a barrow all by herself! I know you are after an Ardennes or Dutch draft so come and meet her, she has a very special personality!
PM if you want.

FDC
 
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POLLDARK said:
I'm not being awkward here but trying to be helpful. If you Google DRAUGHT not DRAFT (which is a detachment of men) you will more easily find what you need.
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Actually Irish Draughts use that spelling, all other draft horses tend to use that spelling. However, you can get them under either spelling.

Hovis and Sid's mum- can I come and play with the Destroyer? After Fany he is the world's greatest heavy horse!
FDC
 
Shame you are not closer to Essex or you would be more than welcome to come and see Farra Clydesdale. Mucking out a heavy is a big job. Farra is on mats and half bed and still needs a big barrow taken out each day even when skipping - nothing poos like a heavy horse on ad lib hay:)
 
Theresa_F said:
Shame you are not closer to Essex or you would be more than welcome to come and see Farra Clydesdale. Mucking out a heavy is a big job. Farra is on mats and half bed and still needs a big barrow taken out each day even when skipping - nothing poos like a heavy horse on ad lib hay:)
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Totally second this and my heavy is only 14-2hh so god knows what a 18hh heavy will produce! (my 17-3hh WB is one of the cleanest horses I've ever met and poohs in the same place every time.)
FDC
 
Fany Du Champ said:
Actually Irish Draughts use that spelling, all other draft horses tend to use that spelling. However, you can get them under either spelling.

That's really interesting. Just goes to show how Americanised we have become when such traditionals as Draught horses have become accepted as Draft (to design or a detachment of men). I'm honestly amazed, must be my age.
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Fany Du Champ said:
Hovis and Sid's mum- can I come and play with the Destroyer? After Fany he is the world's greatest heavy horse!
FDC
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Anytime!

He's sulking with me because i was the only owner that fetched in last night and made him work. As i pointed out it was only wind ( as i was bent double trying to stay on my feet!!).

I second (or third) the comment ref poo. My GOD they produce a LOT of it! I get a big barrow full a day out of hovis' field and mucking him out when hes stabled - its a joy. Honestly ;)
 
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