Police, firefighters and a vet worked for four hours to free the horse The owners of a young shire horse have thanked emergency services and local supporters after he was rescued from a cattle grid.

A pair of orphaned racehorse foals have been adopted by a shire horse in Devon. Sammy the shire horse had recently lost her own foal when the thoroughbreds, whose own mothers had died, were ...

Let's explore the world's largest horse breeds. Shire horseKnown as the largest horse breed in the world, the Shire is a majestic draft horse originating from England. Shires can reach up to 19 ...

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The largest and tallest horse on record was a Shire gelding called Sampson (later renamed Mammoth), who measured 21.5 hands and nearly 3,000 pounds (1360 kg) in 1846. Most Shire horses are ...