BENNINGTON, Vt. (AP) - For students at the Hiland Hall School, forestry came to life Friday in a demonstration of logging work with two full-size black Percheron horses: Belle and Bright. Jared ...

ROCHESTER (AP) -- Tim Carroll let the leather reins in his hands slacken a bit, and he clucked his tongue softly. That's all it took. His pair of draft horses surged forward in their harnesses, a ...

In early Boulder, the economic opportunities of mining were quickly followed by the economic opportunities of food production. Someone had to feed the miners and the residents of the growing supply ...

When Brad Johnson and Derek O’Toole talk about horsepower, they’re talking about actual horse power. The two men are co-owners of Third Branch Horse Logging, of Braintree, which uses draft horses for ...

Say “show animals” and most people picture dogs, not draft horses. But the World Percheron Congress is first and foremost a venue for showmanship. This year, more than 700 horses from more than 120 ...

Patrick Palmer%2C his two Percheron horses and two volunteers collect garbage every Friday Palmer has been the village%27s garbage contractor for the past 17 years Locals enjoy seeing the horses ...

WEST SPRINGFIELD — There were 66 Percheron horses hitched, in teams of six, to wagons inside the ring at the Coliseum on the grounds of The Big E, and Sophie Law was watching them, her eyes wide. The ...

The big Percheron draft horse teams at Young Living Essential Oil’s Lavender Farm were sparked by an equally big dream. Upon seeing the gentle giants perform at Colorado’s Big Thunder Draft Horse Show ...

Forget the Budweiser Clydesdales – the Heinz Percherons are coming to town. A team of eight of these big black beautiful horses in shiny harnesses will parade through center city Allentown during the ...

As unlikely as it may sound, the substantially built Percheron has more in common with the Arab or Iberian breeds than British heavy horses. Originating in northern France, the Percheron is a large, ...