[kevinshorses]

I have ridden a few draft crosses that are just like any large horse and about average as far as smoothness. The two full drafts that I rode were night and day different. One was an 18 hand percheron and riding him was like driving down 50 miles of bad rode. Every gait was rough but the trot was unbearable. When he decided to buck there was nothing funny about it. He bucked me off four times in one day. He was honest about it but it was just way too powerful and once I got behind there was no catching up. The other draft I rode was a 17 hand shire stallion and he was one of the most agile powerful horses I had ever been on. Any gait you rode was like floating on air. Unfortunately I don't own the horse but if I did I don't know that I would ever need another one.

The first horse I would rather walk than ride and the second horse I would sell my left testicle to own.