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horsy
20th Oct 2006, 06:59 AM
I was watching stargate the other day (i love it!!:D ) and there was a horse in the background of 2 episodes. It was a huge draft horse, but it looked like an enlarged przwalskis horse, same colour, sort of light dun with speckles, black legs and socks, black mane and tail.

Could anyone tell me what it was? Sorry its such a bad description but it definitely wasnt one of the obvious ones, shire or clydesdale. Could have been a percheron i think, but do they come in this colour? If anyone has any pictures of percherons i could compare, cant find any dun ones on google images!

Waikato Valuta
20th Oct 2006, 12:42 PM
I have a poster and I think one of the horses on it is probably the one you mean. But all the names are in French so I don’t have a clue what the English word is. If i post it can someone who knows French help me out?

Waikato Valuta
20th Oct 2006, 12:44 PM
Maybe this one:
http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/breeds/horses/scheswigerheavydraft/index.htm

or have a flick through here:
http://www.imh.org/imh/bw/home2.html

horsy
21st Oct 2006, 07:51 AM
Thanks for the links, but it wasn't in any of them! I neeeed to know what it is, its driving me mad, i really want one!! :D

horsy
21st Oct 2006, 08:08 AM
Found it!!! I think... The one i saw was alot more golden and slightly dappled than this one, but i think it was the same breed. Its a 'brabant' apparently. :D
http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m73/horsy_1/brabant2.jpghttp://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m73/horsy_1/brabant.jpg

mad mare1
24th Oct 2006, 01:13 PM
also known as a Belgian heavy draft..or sometimes the Italian heavy draft..still pretty rare, and related to the Ardennes...which it is sometimes mistaken for.