0 h); geldings need to stand at least 168 cm (16. 2 h), and mares no less than 163 cm (16. 0 h). Weight ranges from 850 to 1100 kg (1870 to 2430 lb) for geldings and stallions, without any set standard for mares. The head of a Shire is long and lean, with large eyes, set on a neck that is somewhat arched and long in percentage to the body.
Not excessive feathering is to take place on the legs, and the hair is fine, straight, and silky. The Shire is known for its easy-going personality. Shires have actually been identified to be at danger for chronic progressive lymphedema, a persistent progressive disease that consists of symptoms of progressive swelling, hyperkeratosis, and fibrosis of distal limbs.
The Shire has an enormous capacity for pulling weight. In 1924, at a British exhibit, a set of horses was approximated to have actually pulled a beginning load equivalent to 50 tonnes, although an exact number might not be determined as their pull went beyond the maximum reading on the dynamometer. Operating in slippery footing, the very same set of horses pulled 18.
He stood 219 cm (21. 2 h) high, and his peak weight was estimated at 1,524 kgs (3,360 lb). The Shire horse was initially the staple breed used to draw carts to provide ale from the brewery to the general public houses. A few breweries still maintain this tradition in the UK.
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, draft horse breed native to the middle area of England. The breed came down from the English "great horse," which carried men completely fight armour that often weighed as much as 400 pounds. Shires were improved as draft and farm animals in the latter part of the 18th century by breeding mares from Holland to English stallions.
Shire stallion with bay coat. Sally Anne Thompson/Animal PhotographyShire stallions average slightly more than 17 hands (68 inches, or 173 centimetres) in height and weigh as much as 2,000 pounds (about 900 kgs). Normally enormous and somewhat coarse in develop, they are characterized by significant hair, called plume, on their legs and are generally bay, brown, black, gray, or chestnut.