Clydesdale
this heavy horse, with his feathered, soup-plate feet and kind eyes, is a real gentle giant. Clydesdales come in a variety of colours but usually with a good admixture of white. Originally bred from Flemish stallions out of native Clydesdale mares, the breed today is aristocratic with an elegant action and a proud bearing. They were the pride and joy of horsemen on Scottish farms, dray horses in the cities, artillery horses in the mud of Flanders and the power behind the early days of forestry. Crossed with lighter breeds, they make rather wide-backed but otherwise comfortable and well-mannered, intelligent saddle horses.