Shire and Suffolk Horses at a Country Fair
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Shire and Suffolk Horses at a Country Fair
Image: © Kokai Taken: 28 Aug 2006
The chestnut is a Suffolk, the more powerful of the two and fairly rare. In the 1960's they neared extinction. It is not feathered over the hooves, to avoid mud, because it was a plough horse. The Shire was a good workhorse and was used extensively on the railroads. At the Earls Barton Vintage Rally and Country Fayre, 2006.
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