Rare Horse Breed!

[TextsFromParrots]

A friend of mine got to go to their fair in the UK and saw a rare breed of horse. Suffolk Punches. There are less then 500 of the pure breds left and around 1200 are mixed with Belgian blood lines. They're making a slow come back and he made sure to grab me lots of pictures of them! The Suffolk Punch was mainly used in farm work, but many served in WWI helping pull heavy artillery.

 

[~birdybea~]

They sure look pretty with those long manes!

 

[Greycloud]

Wow!! Very gorgeous! I have never heard of them.

 

[TextsFromParrots]

I only heard of them because he told me. He loves them and goes to see them every year and to pet them. There are a lot of little known breeds out there, but I love the draught horses best of all.

 

[waterfaller1]

Wow..that's a whole lotta horse! Just fabulous! I love the last photo. Thanks for sharing.

 

[TextsFromParrots]

My favorite rare breed is the American Cream. Just around 100 left.

 

[waterfaller1]

Wow....nice! I miss being around horses. I am really in my element with them.

 

[Renae]

Wow, they are gorgeous! I love the stocky type horses.

 

[expressmailtome]

Such beautiful horses!

Matt

 

[Anne & Gang]

they are b eautiful horses..

 

[zoo mom]

Look at the neck on that last pic of the Suffolk Punch. No doubt that horse was bred for pulling.

 

[AshleyFamily]

American Creams are my favorite draft's as well, they have that little something special

 

[ShirleyBird]

I LOVE horses, but I am very intimidated by them..probably because I respect their power. Those breeds would give me a heart attack if I was to see those up close. They are like the bodybuilders of horses!

 

[waterfaller1]

I LOVE horses, but I am very intimidated by them..probably because I respect their power. Those breeds would give me a heart attack if I was to see those up close. They are like the bodybuilders of horses!

The bigger the horse, the gentler they are!

 

[ShreddedOakAviary]

Poor drafts had a hard time for years when they became "useless". I've aliways liked ardennas and brabants, suffolk punch is a nice breed as well. Personally I own shires, but maybe someday I'll add another big draft breed to our farn. Thanks for sharing!! Beautiful

 

[Parrotadise]

Beautiful horses I use to ride a cyldedale when I was a kid he was such a gentle giant.

 

[Laurul Feather Cat]

Kalan, did you see Disney's movie, War Horse? They did a great job showing how the horses were used in WWI. Gave the horse too much anthropormistic outlook, I felt, but a good movie.

My Great Uncle had a Percheron we rode. Wonderful old guy who always stopped instantly when you fell off and then snuffled your face until you got up again.

 

[SallyQZ]

They look like real gentle sweet horses!

First thing I thought was "Whoa, look at the size of those hooves! I would hate to have one of them step on my feet!" My daughter's retired jumper is a real butt when it comes to stepping on toes. He will deliberately edge his hoof over slowly until he steps on your toes while you're grooming him.

 

[Sparkles]

what a gorgeous animal

 

[Kathy N]

Living in Brooklyn I don't get to see horses much. I did once get to see the Budweiser Clydsdales though. They were being housed out at Floyd Bennet Field prior to a parade and I went to see them. They had a mounted cop on one side of the fence and a Clydsdale on the other side. That Clydsdale dwarfed the police horse. It was enormous! I would never have realized the size difference had I not seen them side by side. Draft horses are awesome. Now that's REAL horsepower!