HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — “The draft horses are kind of the gentle giants, and they love the attention,” says Rodger Thoms. He’s one of the draft horse owners who brought some to the Farm Show. During ...

Attendees walk between workshops at the Draft Animal Power Network's 2024 field days event. Credit: Carole Wiley for DAPNet Sign up for the Concord Monitor’s morning newsletter for essential news each ...

Before tractors, actual horses and mules were the horsepower that shaped farming on the Rolling Plains of Texas and Oklahoma.

Sometimes Moj Broadie Jr. has an audience when he feeds his cattle from a sleigh pulled by draft horses. “A lot of people just stop and watch, and sometimes I’ll let them ride along if they want to,” ...

At 8 o’clock in the morning, June 28, 1921, thousands of farmers and onlookers held their breaths as the great National Tractor Farming Demonstration and Show began. On one side of the 640-acre ...

UP NEXT, IN THE TEN DAY. THE DRAFT HORSE HITCH AND DRIVE IS HAPPENING TODAY AT THE PENNSYLVANIA FARM SHOW. AND IF YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT THAT IS, IT INCLUDES SOME REALLY BIG HORSES. THEY LOOK BIG ON TV.

1of 2 Draft horses wait as they are being judged during the Draft Horse Hitched Competition at the 2015 PA Farm Show on Sunday, Jan. 11, 2015. Nancy Zimmerman/For The Sentinel The Draft Horse Hitched ...

A horse stands in a field as a light snow falls at BraveHearts Equine Center in Bourbon County, Ky. The draft horse rescue farm is home to over 100 horses, miniature horses and burros. Ryan C. Hermens ...

Long before the Industrial Revolution that brought about so much amazing modern technology, humans relied on the strength and power of many different animals. One of the most iconic animals that ...

A foal is seen spending time with its mother at the Banei Bokujo Tokachi farm in Obihiro, Hokkaido, April 1, 2026. At the farm, a breeding and training facility for traditional Japanese draft horse ...