I've always loved the look of a draft team in harness. I noticed a lot of people on here ride drafts, but does anyone drive or work them? Share pictures, please!
I don't have a whole real lot to do with them, but my dad sorta likes to play farm with his Percherons.
First three are him and his team with my sister driving at the Plowing match (she'd just been 'crowned' Queen of the Furrow-that's why she has a tiara on). She can't drive worth a sh** :lol:
The two tiny ones are the three hitched to the cultivator this fall.
We drive our Belgians. We use them for logging, hayrides, weddings, making our own hay, we've plowed with them before, and we use to compete in horse pulls. Our horses are WORK horses first and pleasure/riding horses second.
Oh how I miss driving a team of blacks (percherons) The thing I miss the most is the sound of the chains clinking as we're goin down the road, or field.
Will be training my 1 1/2 colt to drive here asap!!
Oh how I miss driving a team of blacks (percherons) The thing I miss the most is the sound of the chains clinking as we're goin down the road, or field.
Will be training my 1 1/2 colt to drive here asap!!
I grew up with teams of draft mules (Belgian and Percheron mules) and QH mules being used for farming type work; plowing, planting, hauling hay, etc. We farmed with teams and horse drawn implements up until the mid 90's. Since then, we still keep at least one team around and Dad sometimes takes in teams for training but we don't really work them anymore. We use them for pleasure, nothing else.
These first pictures are back in the days when we still worked them.
Smrobs:
My dad had always wanted to get into organic farming with horses. We used to work our team, through haying and a little field work, but dad never had the money to get his own farm going. Unfortunatly now, that will never happen, and will never be able to own a team unless they are completly broke to anything. (He was hit by a drunk driver, and now has a brain injury)
The best memory I have of working the girls (May and June) was about 7 years ago when dad and I took them out to load hay and on our way back as we're sittin on the hay rack with over 100 bales, he says "I'm proud of you." Because of that I will again have a team. Partially in honor of him, but also because I love the percheron breed so much from the experiences I've had through our old team.
You all probably didn't really need to know all that, but I guess I just needed to get that out.
We use cobs for logging and I'm just starting a clyde for logging aswell. They are all broken for riding, driving, farm work and logging.
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