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On the Web
- North American Spotted Draft Horse Association - Formed in 1995 to register, preserve and promote draft horses with pinto spotting, and to increase public awareness of these beautiful and rare horses.
- Little Hoof's Draft Horse Page - Information on and pictures of various draft horse breeds, and links to other draft horse related resources on the net.
- Davison Draft International - Trains, shows and sells draft horses, also oxen teams. Provides farriery services for draft horses, Pictures and details of horses sold and trained. Forsyth, Georgia, United States.
- New Brunswick Draft Horse Association - Strives to promote, not only the breeding, but the improvement of all draft horse breeds in this Canadian province. Listing of shows for various draft breeds, results, membership, breeders, and links.
- Northern Minnesota Draft Horse Association - Organization dedicated to the promotion and preservation of draft horses. Open membership to anyone in the upper midwest. History, field days, books, forums, and e-cards.
- The Georgia Draft Horse Association - Formed in the 1980s to promote the use of Draft Horses in Georgia and organizes Wagon Trains, Field Days, Harnessing and Driving clinics, showing, and breeding seminars. Includes calendar of events, membership information and links.
- Draft Horse Resource - Providing a chat room for the draft horse owner, plus tips on diet, and photos.
- Wild Rose Draft Horse Association - Organized in 1994 with the goal of providing a means of promoting the interest of all Draft Horse enthusiasts in Alberta, Canada. Offers information on events, shows, membership, meetings, and links.
- Westover Farms Belgian Draft Horses - A family farm offering Belgian Draft Horse stallion services. Located in Monroe, Michigan, USA.
- Drafthorse Classified - Offers free advertising for draft horses and draft equipment. Includes advertising for horses, tack, rescue sites, farms, and upcoming events. Offers web site design and hosting.
Wikipedia Articles
- Draft horse showing - Draft horse showing is a competitive driving competition in North America where exhibitors present their draft horse(s) to be judged in harness, pulling various types of carts and wagons. These events are somewhat akin to fine harness classes at horse shows for light horses, though the four horse and larger hitch classes also resemble some aspects of combined driving.
- Draft horse - A draft horse, draught horse or dray horse (from the Anglo-Saxon dragan meaning to draw or haul) is a large horse bred for hard, heavy tasks such as ploughing and farm labour. Draught horses are versatile breeds used today for a multitude of purposes, including draft horse showing, farming, and for pleasure, but all share the traits of strength, stamina, health, longevity, patience and a docile temperament which made them indispensable to generations of pre-industrial farmers.
- Italian Heavy Draft - The Italian Heavy Draft is one of the fastest of the large work horses.
- Exercise Induced Pulmonary Hemorrhage - Exercise Induced Pulmonary Hemorrhage (EIPH) also known as "bleeding" or a "bleeding attack" has been known to occur in horses that engage in short periods of strenuous exercise. These horses usually include Thoroughbred and American Quarter Horse racehorses (incidence of 50-75%) and standardbred racehorses (incidence of 40-60%), but it may also occur in jumpers, polo ponies, and draft horses that pull competitively.
- Irish Draught - The Irish Draught horse, sometimes spelled Irish Draft, is the national breed of Ireland which developed primarily for farm use. Today, they are especially popular for crossing with Thoroughbreds, producing the popular Irish Sport Horses (or Irish Horses) that excel at the highest levels of eventing and show jumping.