VALLEY CITY, N.D. - Paul Geray spends two to three hours a day training his Belgians. The draft horses pull a lugging skid, which weighs 1,500 to 2,000 pounds, 2 to 4 miles a day to build their ...

Marcia Buckner, left, keeps calm her 22-year-old Belgium draft horse, Buddy, during the Plowing Bee & Horse Spectacular at 4508 Main St. in Union Gap, Wash. on Saturday, April 7, 2018.

Draft horses pull international awards. Published: Nov. 19, 2014, 2:13 p.m. By . ... train for the professional lightweight horse pull at the World Percheron Congress in West Springfield.

Tibbetts brought six Belgian draft horses to the fair, and won the three-horse pull last year. “You’ve got to get a nice combination of two horses that click together,” Tibbetts said.

Belgian draft horses typically weigh about 2,000 pounds and are known for their ability to pull huge weights. Pairs of the horses have been clocked pulling weights of 14,600 and 17,000 pounds at ...

O'Shea said draft horses have calm, uncomplicated personalities and, unlike saddle horses "which have some diva in them, draft horses show few, if any, signs of drama, ever." This trait makes them ...

Chris Laughman hooks his draft horses to a 2,000-pound load every day and drives them for a mile. For Fred and Bob, who weigh around 1,800 pounds each, the load is relatively light. Two or three ...

Percheron horses are a breed of draft horses used in the past for farming and pulling carriages. Today, they're more likely to be spotted in a parade or pulling a decorative carriage around a park ...

Heather and John Erskine have a two-horsepower rig that doesn't go very fast, but it can go just about anywhere, haul just about anything, and gets better mileage than anything on the market. And ...

Before the first pair of horses was even hooked up to the 2,000-pound sled they’d pull down the track, Botetourt County fair-goers were firmly planted in their seats. The draft horse pull, a new ...

The Southern Draft Horse Association of Fruitland Park will have draft horse pulling events at 10 a.m. Jan. 27 at the Market of Marion off U.S. Highway 27 in Summerfield. Admission will be free ...

FARMINGTON — The fairgrounds will be the scene for horse and ox pulling this weekend. Maine Draft Horse and Ox Association is holding its spring pull Saturday and Sunday, June 10 and 11.