Heavy horses

True horsepower to the rescue in major electricity project

‘She is pure elegance’: 15-year-old mare leads HOYS heavy horses after phenomenal performance

‘She’s a miracle mare’: history-making 15-year-old rider heads to HOYS on home-bred Clydesdale

Iconic Clydesdales prove mightier than a blizzard in new Super Bowl commercial

‘What a result for the breed’: Suffolk Punch mare lifts SEIB Search For A Star championship

‘His inner showman came out’: reigning HOYS heavy horse champion spotted enjoying a day out hunting

Heavy horses’ time to shine and new £500 prize announced

‘It’s magical – and important’: World Clydesdale Show held in Scotland for the first time in history

Standing tall: the five breeds featuring the world’s biggest horses

The ‘do-all draft horse’: a snapshot of the versatile Percheron

‘She rides like a sports horse’: Clydesdale mare switches harness for double bridle on route to ridden heavy horse championship

‘This makes everything worthwhile’: 18.2hh Clydesdale wins freestyle at Area Festival

Heavy horses bucking the trend: meet the horses drafting a sustainable future *H&H Plus*

Rare-breed foal brightens dark days at centre suffering without income

‘It’s so nice to have the foal as everything is so awful at the moment’

Horsepower triumphs when machines cannot cope

‘By bringing horsepower back we can demonstrate a traditional method of agriculture to visitors, support a rare breed, and make sure we don’t get stuck ever again’

‘These heavies need to do more’: 18.3hh Clydesdale shows talent for cross-country

‘These heavies need to get out there and do more‘

+400 Clydesdales to head to the UK for prestigious breed show

50 classes and 15 championships will run over the four days, including in-hand, ridden, driving and dressage sections

Hello world! Gorgeous new foal gives rare breed a boost

Horses called in to help protect homes from flooding

‘Horse logging is a really environmentally sensitive way to move felled and fallen timber while reducing damage to flora and watercourses without pollution’

Charity pays tribute following loss of 17.3hh ‘icon’

‘Towering at 17.3hh, he certainly wasn’t difficult to spot, yet despite his formidable size he was a real gentle giant’