When 96,000 pounds of horsepower comes thundering around the MetraPark Arena on Saturday, the floor is guaranteed to shake. Giants of the horse world - Belgians, Clydesdales, Shires and a new breed of ...

LaPorte County is hosting one of the biggest draft horse shows in the state.Starting on Thursday, the 24th Annual LaPorte ...

HARRISBURG — As Dave Hershey’s helpers worked with horsepower Sunday, they looked as busy as any Indianapolis 500 pit crew on race day. They already had washed six Percherons at the 99th Pennsylvania ...

The draft horse, mule and donkey show took place at the National Western Stock Show in Denver on Jan. 21, 2024. The show highlights the sheer force of today’s draft horses with the 8 hitch teams of ...

It all started more than a century ago on a little farm in Iowa with a draft horse mare with the unassuming name of Old Granny. Farmers began to notice something peculiar about Old Granny’s offspring.

Have you ever encountered one of the biggest horse breeds? Many of these tall, broad equines are draft horses. Due to their history, which is mostly rooted in working the land, you don’t see as many ...

SAVOY — Kristie Lee Gentile doesn’t like to think about to the horses she can’t rescue. Since 2019, Gentile has been taking in rescues of draft horses, mules, ponies and standardbred horses whose next ...

“On A Winter’s Night,” a show with veteran singer-songwriters Cliff Eberhardt, John Gorka, Lucy Kaplansky and Patty Larkin, will be at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 12, at the Rialto Theater Center, 228 E.

Editor's note: This story was updated at 6 a.m. Aug. 4 to correct a shortfall in funding and to clarify Kristie Lee Gentile's level of affection for her first mare. SAVOY — Kristie Lee Gentile ...

LAPORTE, Ind. (WSBT) — Two children and an adult were injured in collisions stemming from a startled draft horse taking off Thursday afternoon at the La Porte County Fair. Fair Board President Steve ...