The most popular draft horse event is the pulling competition. They look so powerful and the crowd believes that these amazing ponies can move anything without a sweat. Possibly there are a few truths that you are not familiar with these horses, so read this content to test your knowledge or even better, know more about this amazing horse breeds with huge popularity all over the world.
A group of horses competes during a draft pull competition. In this way, they work together as the group and the strongest team can win. They follow a draw request as they contest each other in rounds. On each new round, they pull more weight. On the off chance that the group can’t pull the weight, they can’t compete any longer. The teamsters can pull out their draft team in case that they believe that they can’t win the competition.
Mostly they use Belgian drafts in pulling rivalries. Perhaps you are used to Percherons, but the breed is mostly used in the US. Location is a key factor a lot of times, and this is one of these times. Before every event, the draft groups are classified into weight classes and the groups get arranged in a weigh-in session. Lightweights are under 3000 pounds.
Draft ponies that contend in pulling are all around prepared and they can handle any challenging farm work. This is the reason why the breed has been very important for Belgium, especially centuries ago when the world was not as automated as it is nowadays. There are a lot of powerful horse breeds all around the world, however, the Belgian drafts are considered to be one of the strongest and very often, we get to see how powerful these horses really are.
The video below is a demonstration of their power as well. Also, it is worth mentioning that they are one of the most beautiful horse breeds in the world. It is really great that there are a lot of horse breeds all around the world with very distinctive characteristics. After all, that is one of the things that make the horse world very unique. Please have a look at the video below and let us know what you think.