| The progenitor of the Shire breed served originally as a warhorse; it was much later that the Shire became the main draught horse, especially in agriculture. | ||
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| However, the introduction of the internal combustion engine for road haulage and in agriculture saw carthorses go into irreversible decline. Nowadays in Britain, it is at the ever popular county agricultural shows that carthorses can be admired . . . | ||
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Geldings |
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| and at stud... | ||
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Pegaus Rebel |
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| Shires are still used as farm horses to a limited extent, though mostly in competitions such as ploughing matches. | ||
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| But they are best known for hauling heavy brewery drays for publicity purposes in England, which is why they are often known as `brewery horses´. | ||
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They are also used for dressage, for hacking and now even for jumping |
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George, Amber oand Gemma |
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During the National Championships in Växjö (Sweden), competitions were held in dressage and jumping – and even for racing, which we thought great fun! |
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Amber and Johanna |
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Even big horses refuse to jump. |
