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The heavy horse, also called draft horse, is often characterised as having a short, compact back, heavy bones, and strong muscular neck. The five most common draft horses in the United States, according to the Draft Horse Primer are the Belgian Draft (Brabant) from Belgium, the Suffolk Punch from England, the Percheron originating in France, the Clydesdale bred by the British for in-town drayage (freight wagons), and the great Shire, also from England. There are other Draft breeds, such as the diminutive Haflinger, from Hafling in Austria, and the Norwejian Fjiord, which are popular in the U.S.

A workhorse is a general term that applies to all horses used for (originally) farm-related tasks -- field work with crops and ground preparation, pulling the farm wagon, logging. These work horses were, and are, often crosses between Draft and Light horse breeds. While smaller than most full draft breeds, a cross can due most of the work of each parent.

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The British heavy horse: Guy Villiers (Hard to Find)
Care and Showing of the Heavy Horse: Edward Hart / Published 1981 (Hard to Find)
A Century of Belgium Horses in America: Maurice Telleen / Paperback / Published 1991
Excerpts from the Draft Horse Journal
Draft Horse Images: Robert A. Mischka / Paperback / Published 1995 (Special Order)
The Draft Horse Primer : A Guide to the Care and Use of Work Horses and Mules: Maurice Telleen / Published 1977 (Hard to Find)
The Draft Horse Primer: Maurice Telleen / Paperback / Published 1993 (Special Order)
Draught horse power: Cliff Lea (Hard to Find)
Four of a Kind: Patti Sherlock / School & Library Binding / Published 1991
Novel
Gentle Giants : The Past, Present and Future of the Heavy Horse: Ralph Whitlock / Published 1983 (Hard to Find)
The heavy horse; its harness and harness decoration: Terry Keegan (Hard to Find)
Heavy Horse Manual: Nick Rayner, Keith Chivers / Published 1981 (Hard to Find)
Heavy Horses of the World: Valerie Russell / Published by Heart Prairie Press, P.O. Box 332, Whitewater, WI 53190.
Heroes in Harness : A Pictorial Tribute to the Workhorse (Illustrated): Philip Weber, Stanley M. Jepsen / Paperback / Published 1989
Horse Handling & Grooming: A Step-By-Step Photographic Guide to Mastering over 100 Horsekeeping Skills (Horsekeeping Skills Library)
Cherry Hill, Richard Klimesh / Paperback / Published April 1997, Storey Books
The Horse in the Furrow: George Ewart Evans / Published 1986 (Hard to Find)
The Horse in Husbandry: Johnathan Brown / Hardcover / Published 1991 (Special Order)
Horse Interlude: Thomas B. Keith / Paperback / Published 1976
The horse on the cut : the story of the canal horses of Britain: Donald John Smith (Hard to Find)
Horse power: Marylian Watney (Hard to Find)
Horse power and magic: George Ewart Evans (Hard to Find)
Horsepower: The Wonder of Draft Horses: Cris Peterson, Alvis Upitis (Illustrator) / School & Library Binding / Published 1997
Horses at Work: Donald J. Smith / Published 1985 (Hard to Find)
Horses in Harness: Charles Fox, Jean Van Dyke / Paperback / Published 1996
Horses, Oxen and Technological Innovation : The Use of Draught Animals in English Farming, 1066-1500 (Past and Present Publications): John Langdon / Published 1986 (Hard to Find)
How to Be Your Own Veterinarian [Sometimes : A Do-It-Yourself Guide for the Horseman): Ruth B. James / Paperback / Published 1985
The long haul : the life and times of the railway horse: Bryan Holden (Hard to Find)
The Native Horses of Scotland : Scottish Breeds of Horses and Their Folk: Andrew F. Fraser / Paperback / Published 1987 (Special Order)
No Feet, No Horse : How to Train a Horse to Stand for Trimming and Shoeing: Larry Fox / Paperback / Published 1996 (Special Order)
Power and Grace : The Working Horse: Klaus Alvermann / Hardcover / Published 1990 (Publisher Out Of Stock)
Starting Colts: Mike Kevil, Darrell Arnold (Illustrator) / Paperback / Published 1991
A Western Horseman Book
Work Horse Handbook: Lynn R. Miller / Paperback / Published 1983 (Special Order)
Working Horses : Looking Back 100 Years to America's Horse Drawn-Days: Charles Philip Fox / Hardcover / Published 1990 (Special Order)
The Ultimate Horse Book: Elwyn Hartley Edwards, Bob Langrish (Photographer) / Hardcover / Published 1991

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