Against the picturesque background of the medieval King's College Cambridge, a man mows a meadow on mower pulled by two shire horses. The shire horses at work today serve as an example of how green ...

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — As a matched pair of handsome, massive black horses hitched to a wagon rounded the bend in the snow-covered park, children heralded their arrival. Wagon driver Clayton Vetter ...

The Shire horse is the largest horse breed in the world—Sampson holds the world record with a height at the withers of 2.19 meters. Photo: Getty Images 2.19 meters–that’s how tall the largest horse in ...

A vet who was investigating a Shire’s uterine problems was shocked to find an old Fanta can embedded deep within the mare. The RSPCA is appealing for information as it tries to find out what happened ...

The arrival of three rare shire horse foals at a Nottinghamshire farm has been hailed as "wonderful news" by an animal conservation group. Once a common sight in farms and industry, shire horses are ...

IONA, Minn. - A team of six Shire horses trained and boarded on a rural Iona farm will grace television screens in homes across the country Friday morning as Pasadena, Calif., celebrates New Year’s ...

A pair of orphaned racehorse foals have been adopted by a shire horse in Devon. Sammy the shire horse had recently lost her own foal when the thoroughbreds, whose own mothers had died, were brought ...

A brewery that has used shire horses to deliver to pubs since the 1800s has decided to stop the service, with the horses - Sam and George - going to a new home in Wales. Wadworth, in Devizes, ...

Lindy Winship’s Shire mare Westfield Calendar Girl has become the first horse to have qualified for all three heavy horse finals at the Horse of the Year Show (HOYS) during her career. Westfield ...