American Cream Draft & Sugarbush Harlequin Draft Horses | DiscoverTheHorse [Episode #47]

[@joannesmartens9442]

So so special how they are helping that blind horse, hope. 👍

[@j.jasonwentworth723]

I was glad to see you ride Oakley, a stallion. The notion that "stallions are too emotional, and unpredictable" is a 'self-fulfilling prophecy,' caused by so many of them being made to live unnaturally isolated--except when breeding (no wonder they develop 'one-track' minds!). When stallions live near mares, and do the same regular work as other horses, they are quiet, responsive, and emotionally on an even keel. My father rode a neighbor's stallion as a boy in Key West in the 1920s, and the horse took care of him like a father. I also know a Minnesota couple whose Shire stallion--who lived adjacent to their mares, and had never been ridden, but had been driven--contracted equine encephalitis. He let them on his back as he lay down, to massage his sore neck where they'd had to give him so many injections, and they shared meals with him in the barn to cheer him up while he recovered.

[@bezoticallyyours83]

Beautiful horses and beautiful land

[@hanameacham1651]

I’m shook when they said therapeutic riding center in illinois because that’s my horse at hth

[@guy8646]

I wish this channel would talk more about the different breeds’ temperament, riding styles/what they’re like to ride, etc. There’s so little useful information in many of these videos.

[@bezoticallyyours83]

I've never heard of a sugarbush harlequin draft.

[@suzanneyoung8011]

The most famous example of this breed is Harley, who belongs to a woman who uses him to pony racehorses to the starting gate at Churchill Downs and Keeneland racetracks. He is a fan favorite and even has a Breyer horse made after his likeness. He is a big gentle gelding whose mom was a Belgian/Percheron cross and his sire an Appaloosa. He has a beautiful spotted blanket across his hindquarters. You can likely find articles about him online.

[@cameronlathem11]

Would you like to try the boulonnais draft horse