Shires Can! (I hope)

[Ample Prosecco]

Lovely horse! Shires are not usually coloured, does she have some Clydesdale genes?

This is the breeding. Think she’s just shire.

 

[abbijay]

This is the breeding. Think she’s just shire.

So I've had a look on her sire lines and he's got Hillmoor Enterprise as her Great-Great-Grandsire in there who is a clydesdale and tends to bring a bit of flashiness to his progeny.
I can't find anything on her dam side but it's worth bearing in mind that a "fully registered shire" can be at least 25% clydesdale as you can register a "grade B" mare who is clyde - shire cross and her progeny, if by an approved SHS stallion, can be registered in the main stud book. The breeds are incredibly closely related.

 

[Ample Prosecco]

That;s interesting. Thank-you!

 

[Pearlsacarolsinger]

So I've had a look on her sire lines and he's got Hillmoor Enterprise as her Great-Great-Grandsire in there who is a clydesdale and tends to bring a bit of flashiness to his progeny.
I can't find anything on her dam side but it's worth bearing in mind that a "fully registered shire" can be at least 25% clydesdale as you can register a "grade B" mare who is clyde - shire cross and her progeny, if by an approved SHS stallion, can be registered in the main stud book. The breeds are incredibly closely related.

Clydies are usually a bit easier to deal with than Shires, they tend to be less excitable and more cooperative. I prefer them to ride, having had both, although of course that is only a small sample.

 

[abbijay]

Clydies are usually a bit easier to deal with than Shires, they tend to be less excitable and more cooperative. I prefer them to ride, having had both, although of course that is only a small sample.

I completely agree; I have ridden circa 50 heavy horses over the last decade or 2 and definitely find the temperament of the clydesdales generally more amenable. I have also watched a lot of ridden showing in the last decade. Each to their own but I'll take a clydesdale over a shire any day of the week.
No offence intended @Ambers Echo

 

[Pearlsacarolsinger]

I completely agree; I have ridden circa 50 heavy horses over the last decade or 2 and definitely find the temperament of the clydesdales generally more amenable. I have also watched a lot of ridden showing in the last decade. Each to their own but I'll take a clydesdale over a shire any day of the week.
No offence intended @Ambers Echo

My Shire was an escapologist. She went over our wall into next door on more than one occasion. The first time I went to ask for the key to the gate, so that we could walk her back home along the road in the dark. After that, we made her come back the way she went. We called it ,'inhand x-country'. The Clydies were more than happy to stay at home.