Keywords:Breed, Draught, Heavy, Horse, Mare, Shire, UK, decorated, decoration, foal, native, plaited, plaits, ribbons, show ring, showing
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Dimensions640 x 433
Original file size225 KB
Image typeJPEG
Color spaceAdobe RGB (1998)
BR35-01-12
Shire mare and foal in the show ring
The Shire horse is England's best known heavy horse, descended from the mediaeval warhorse known as the Great Horse. They have a Roman nose, long, sharp ears and large eyes and weigh in excess of 1,000kg. They stand between 16hh and 17.2hh
