HARRISBURG — As Dave Hershey’s helpers worked with horsepower Sunday, they looked as busy as any Indianapolis 500 pit crew on race day. They already had washed six Percherons at the 99th Pennsylvania ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — “The draft horses are kind of the gentle giants, and they love the attention,” says Rodger Thoms. He’s one of the draft horse owners who brought some to the Farm Show. During ...

UP NEXT, IN THE TEN DAY. THE DRAFT HORSE HITCH AND DRIVE IS HAPPENING TODAY AT THE PENNSYLVANIA FARM SHOW. AND IF YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT THAT IS, IT INCLUDES SOME REALLY BIG HORSES. THEY LOOK BIG ON TV.

SLAYTON, Minn. — The seventh annual Murray County Draft Horse Show in Slayton is planned July 13-14. Twelve draft horse teams will compete for points in the North American Six Horse Hitch Classic ...

McKenna Shaw uses a cloth to brush any remaining hay and dust from draft horse Spencer's coat, minutes before he and three other horses leave the barn for the four-horse hitch competition. INTERVIEWER ...

The Suttler Post Farm Clydesdales of St. Mary’s County completed their ninth consecutive delivery of the official White House ...

The outbreak of equine herpesvirus (EHV) — a highly contagious respiratory infection with strains that can cause more serious ...

The life of a working draft horse can be a grueling and tragic one. These powerful workhorses literally pull their weight on the farm, doing all sorts of tough physical jobs from plowing fields to ...

A horse stands in a field as a light snow falls at BraveHearts Equine Center in Bourbon County, Ky. The draft horse rescue farm is home to over 100 horses, miniature horses and burros. Ryan C. Hermens ...

Have you ever encountered one of the biggest horse breeds? Many of these tall, broad equines are draft horses. Due to their history, which is mostly rooted in working the land, you don’t see as many ...

SAVOY — Kristie Lee Gentile doesn’t like to think about to the horses she can’t rescue. Since 2019, Gentile has been taking in rescues of draft horses, mules, ponies and standardbred horses whose next ...