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Winner of Horses Pulling

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the_jersey_lilly_2000

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Congratulations DJL!!! Great Photo

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Lilly, you do an excellent job framing the winning photos!!! I look forward to seeing the winning one every week.

Congrats, DJL!
 
Thanks Shelly, just a lil somethin to make it more fun.

Yes DJL, I use photoelements. I've had this one program for several years and keep learnin new stuff all the time that can be done with it. I"m like a kid with a new box of colors and a colorin book when I find somethin else I can do LOL
 
Well thank god some Belgians won at least-it's funn y how guys who've got everything else o the ranch wired together or tied on with twine will move heaven and earth to make sure they're team is matched-myself included. I sold a buddy of mine a pair of full brothers that are as close to matched as I've ever been able to raise.
 
NR we had our eye on this team of mares for several years before the owner finally decided to sell, so we grabbed them quick! Haven't regretted it for a moment. I've always been a Belgian fan, whereas the son likes Clydes. There is just no accounting for some children's taste!
 
Hmmm,greg and I are Clyd fans,that what our team was,they were so gental,greg still kicks his butt for selling them. Congrates DJL,nice pic.
 
DJL said:
NR we had our eye on this team of mares for several years before the owner finally decided to sell, so we grabbed them quick! Haven't regretted it for a moment. I've always been a Belgian fan, whereas the son likes Clydes. There is just no accounting for some children's taste!
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Great frame job Lil!

As for the comment on the Clydes. My father in law grew up in the sandhills, pulling hay onto sleds, in the winter, to feed cattle with. He alway said about Clydes, "Why on earth would anybody want any of them? It takes 8 of them to pull an empty beer wagon!" :wink:

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I like my belgins. Just wish this younger team was broke! :x
 
Alot of pretty good buckling horses go back to a Clyde here and there. A friend of mine has around 20 Clyde mares they're beautiful horses-he's got one stud is actually built like a draft horse not a hitch horse. I'm trying to get brave enough to try a team of mules-I've seen some real nice ones over the years.
 
There you go NR, you and my son have the same taste. He likes Clydes, in spite of the saddle bronc that orbited him into the oxone. He also likes mules, and it would seem the homlier they are the better he likes them. I like mules too, until they open their mouths to talk! Our neighbor raises mules, and each time my son mentions mules I remind him of this neighbor's broken leg, hand, etc. Not eveyone is cut out for mules. I don't mind Clydes, people, don't get me wrong, I just have always been a big Belgian fan. Not so much feather, so less scratches to deal with than Clydes.
 
I was always a bigger fan of Percherons than Clydes or any of the other breeds... But half of the town I grew up in used to be a giant Perch farm back in the 1800's so I guess I am pejudiced... ome mior draft breeds I have seen over the years that I have like to that I can't place a name too right now..


Everyonce in a while I think havng a team would be fun.
 
I told my wife that I was thinking about draft horses once and she laughed and told me only if they are American creams... NOw, speaking of a a hard breed to find but they are barely bgigger than an TB. I think I'll stick to my perch dream, almost came true last year, almost had 20 or so draft horses.
 
DJL said:
I think a team of Shires would be interesting, because not everyone has them, but Belgians are a lot easier to find.
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My wife always wanted me to get a team of Shires. But they got so much hair on their legs and they are so tall. I sold a pair of Belgiuns who were around 18 hands and thats just too far to throw a harness up on top of! :shock:

'Course, you don't have to stoop over to hook the quarter straps. :lol:

I have a theroy that they reason draft horses have such a nice way of flipping their feet up when they are really traveling, is because that way they clear the mud or snow from their feet at each step. What you guys think? Am I just loony? :lol:
 
I suppose it's not unreasonable Jinglebob. They do it naturally rather than from being shod to get artificially big action.
They had an 18 hand jumper at a show jumping barn I worked at once. You didn't have to bend over to scratch under his belly, but he was a goofy character handle. He couldn't see all the way to the ground in front of him, (I know horses don't see what's under their head but he was extreme) so if you dropped a rein or anything he was sure it was the devil come to claim him! He was definitely too big for anything but what he was doing.
 
My father in law has Percherons by the dozen. He always seems to have 4 in the barn year-around. One favorite team and one young team he is breaking in. Looks like a lot of work to me. He's 76 and thinking of bidding on some more land next spring. I think the horses keep him young.
My dad told me a storey about driving mules when he was young.
His dad sent him with a rack and team of mules to haul to his uncles threshing outfit. He told him not to overload the first load; just load level or the mules will balk and not pull anymore. He said everyone will laugh at you, but add one row with each load. At the end of the day you will be hauling full when they are cutting their loads back.
I'll try to get some pictures up of the Percerons.
 
One oldtimer here had a team of mules that would get balky when he went to feed cows, so he got mad and took an handful of hay, lit it on fire and threw it under the team. The mules must have read that book though, cause they just pulled ahead until the fire was under the rack and stopped. I don't think I'm of the right temperment to deal with mules.
I'm looking forward to the Percheron pics, Greybeard.
 

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