Shire horse sizes are the largest among all British draft horses and can stand up to roughly 17.2 hands tall (69 inches). A fully grown stallion can weigh more than 2,000 pounds.

A Shire horse mare called Swift was rescued by Devon fire crews after falling and becoming trapped in a ditch. Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service said crews from Plymstock and Camels Head ...

A pair of orphaned racehorse foals have been adopted by a shire horse in Devon. Sammy the shire horse had recently lost her own foal when the thoroughbreds, whose own mothers had died, were ...

BLACKFOOT – Long before Shire horses were used to pull heavy artillery in both world wars, they were already considered “the War Horse”.

Clayton Vetter drives Henry and Cooper, a Shire horse team, around Lincoln Park in Grand Forks, North Dakota, on Dec. 10, 2023. Ann Bailey / Agweek.

The arrival of three rare shire horse foals at a Nottinghamshire farm has been hailed as "wonderful news" by an animal conservation group. Once a common sight in farms and industry, shire horses ...

A Shire horse mare called Swift was rescued by Devon fire crews after falling and becoming trapped in a ditch. Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service said crews from Plymstock and Camels Head ...