The largest and tallest horse on record was a Shire gelding called Sampson (later renamed Mammoth), who measured 21.5 hands and nearly 3,000 pounds (1360 kg) in 1846. Most Shire horses are generally ...

A farm has sold a second shire horse to the Household Cavalry - which acts as guardians for the royal family. Celt was sold 11 years ago and is now drum horse, performing in ceremonies such as ...

Jamie Alcock had planned to take William and Millie, two of his Shire horses, on a three-week road trip A farmer taking his team of Shire horses on a road trip for charity has called off the ...

In East Hampton, the Connecticut Draft Horse Rescue gives horses a new lease on life.