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 ...

These days, the term “horsepower” recalls rugged pickup trucks with huge towing capacities. But in the 18t hand 19th centuries, farming in Washington County relied heavily on pulling power from ...

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.

Sometimes Moj Broadie Jr. has an audience when he feeds his cattle from a sleigh pulled by draft horses. “A lot of people just stop and watch, and sometimes I’ll let them ride along if they want to,” ...

As a youngster, Joel Brighton’s attention was often drawn to farmers driving teams of draft horses outside the school classroom window. Today, he couldn’t be happier being ‘that guy’ driving his own ...

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 ...

Draft horses wait as they are being judged during the Draft Horse Hitched Competition at the 2015 PA Farm Show on Sunday, Jan. 11, 2015.

The plow cuts into the earth, turning soil that is the same deep brown hue as the giant horses pulling the antique farm machinery. "Haw," calls out Maddie Schill, and the team of Brabant draft horses, ...

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