Just a few decades ago, when the communities west of Chicago were open and rural, many children in DuPage County grew up around horses. Those days might be gone forever, but thousands of horse love… ...

The owner of a shire horse has thanked firefighters and others who helped save her beloved animal from a ditch. Bilbo, 14, was spooked during a ride in Southery, west Norfolk, and unseated his ...

A few centuries later, as cavalry warfare emerged, rudimentary saddles evolved from pads strapped to horses’ backs to ...

“I first became a devotee of the discipline in 1969 aged 12, when I watched the May Queen and her attendants riding side saddle on Shire horses in the Gawthorpe Maypole Parade walk by,” she says.

A confused Queensland Police horse named Cecil couldn't hold back his affection outside a Brisbane saddle shop as he attempted to make out with a plastic steed used as a display.

“A good Shire can go for the same money as a good light horse,” Emma says. “If you were looking for a quality horse that is ready made to go out and do a job, you are looking at anywhere ...

Home; Nature; Shire horses: Bring in the heavyweights. England’s past might have been ‘borne on his back’, but now, thanks to a rediscovered appreciation of his delightful temperament and eco ...

The owner of a shire horse has thanked firefighters and others who helped save her beloved animal from a ditch. Bilbo, 14, was spooked during a ride in Southery, west Norfolk, and unseated his ...

Two noble Shire horses pull an antique mower driven by Tom Nickson as they cut the meadow at Kensington Palace. Credit: Chris J Ratcliffe / Getty England’s past might have been ‘borne on his back’, ...

The horse was sedated, then straps were attached to his saddle. Finally a teleporter ... Bilbo is a 14-year-old shire horse that often competes in heavy-horse show competitions.