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3. BASIC INFORMATION Average life span: 30 years Native to the Shetland Islands Average height: up to 46 inches Weight: About 400-600 lbs Mainly black, chestnut, bay, grey, palomino, dun, roan, cremello, and silver dapple Use: Recreation, pleasure, and fairs

4. Scientific name: Equus caballus var Can pull twice their weight. Measured in inches, not hands  https://www.youtube.com/watc h?v=Ekr05T9Iaio https://www.youtube.com/watc h?v=Ekr05T9Iaio

5.  Origin: Wales  Use: Trail riding, competitive showing, pleasure riding, jumping  Height: 11-16 hands  Weight:

6.  Colors: Black, grey, chestnut and bay most common  Adapt easily to terrains  Alternative names:  Welsh Mountain Pony,  Welsh Cob,  Welsh Pony of Cob Type

8.  Origin: Belgium  Height: 16.2-18 Hands  Weight: 2000 lbs  Colors: Sorrel, Chesnut, Gray, or Roan  Markings: White face markings, white socks or stockings  Lifespan: 20-25 years

9.  Use: Working, pleasure riding, shows  Strongest Belgian Draft Horse: Petra  1866 – 1 st Belgian Draft Horse arrived in America  The largest Belgian Draft Horse (Brooklyn Supreme) weighed over 3,000 lbs and was over 19 hands.

10. Clydesdale

11.  Average Life Span: 30’s  Origin: Scotland  Average Height: 16-18 hands  Average Weight: 1,800-2,000 pounds  Colors: usually bay but also roan, black, grey and chestnut  Markings: white markings usually found on the face, feet and legs. Occasional body spotting.

12.  Major uses: agriculture and logging also shown and ridden and kept for pleasure  Originally only used for agriculture and heavy hauling  Most distinctive marking is the feather around their ankles, thought to have been developed through the first breeding to help them through the cold Scotland winters Famous for the well known Budweiser commercialBudweiser commercial

14. BASIC INFO Origin: France Average life span: 20-25 years Height: Mares (16.1 hands), Stallions (16.2 hands) Weight: about 2000 lbs Color: Black, gray, chestnut, bay, roan, and sorrel (French Percherons are born black and turn grey as they mature)

15.  Use: Before (transportation and war horse); Now (riding, driving, crossbreeding)  Originated in the 17 th Century in LePerche, Francis  As of 2009 – 3000 registered in about each state in US