Draft Horse

1. 25 Responses to “Belgium draft horse pulling”

2. By XxJakexAlyssaxX on Aug 27, 2008 | Reply

   omg what an awful sport! this stresses the muscles and tendons in a horse’s back and legs!! its not good! we have a horse who used to be a pull pony and now any time she heres a snap or buckle being done up she spazzs out and she bolts! shes so afraid of having to pull that she trys to run away from it. even if its something as simple as the crossties!!! =[

3. By teamofhorses on Aug 28, 2008 | Reply

   I’ve been a teamster for 20 years. In that time I have never owned or heard of any horse that died during or after a match. The worst injuries I’ve seen are incurred by teams that have broke harness or lines and run loose over fences or spectator stands. Nobody drives a horse more than a few seconds if it can’t move the boat.

4. By teamofhorses on Aug 29, 2008 | Reply

   I’ve got a nice 3 year old Belgian stallion
   “Baron”
   where are you located?
   I’m in Ontario Canada

5. By Taliaa070 on Aug 30, 2008 | Reply

   That’s lovely sweets(:

6. By rabbitboy56 on Aug 31, 2008 | Reply

   Cool i don’t give a $h!t about what you think all i know is that i’m soon gonna have 9 horse we just got another BELGIAN

7. By Taliaa070 on Aug 31, 2008 | Reply

   Umm…doubting by your spelling, I think you have no horses.

8. By lumster on Sep 1, 2008 | Reply

   where can I breed my beautiful Belgian mare to a champion Belgian stallion? Help!

9. By rabbitboy56 on Sep 3, 2008 | Reply

   It’s belgian (i have 5 belgian,1 beligan/claysadle,1 clysadale)~~~(my other belgian is pergant so i’m gonna have 8 horses in may i’m so proud of my show team the 2 main belgiabs but i want to get 2 perchrons

10. By Bjorked on Sep 5, 2008 | Reply

    Horses who die or are injured from this kind of work usually aren’t in good shape. It’s not the work, it’s doing the work when they aren’t fit for it. THAT will kill them.

11. By rabbitboy56 on Sep 6, 2008 | Reply

    i have 8 draft horses 6 beligan

12. By lilbluependragon on Sep 9, 2008 | Reply

    idk you have your opinion and I have mine, our stories clash pretty badly

13. By no1horselover on Sep 9, 2008 | Reply

    the 62 horses that have died I only heard from one of my friend’s.
    Her great grand dad used to work with draft horses years ago and over 4 years 62 horses died.
    Thats just one company.
    think how many thousands die in the world every year.

14. By lilbluependragon on Sep 12, 2008 | Reply

    this sounds bad, but ONLY 62? And as far as research you can’t get much better than a large animal vet that attends horse pulls…

15. By no1horselover on Sep 13, 2008 | Reply

    think what you like pal,
    Ive heard of 62 draft horses die from heart failure.
    Mabey your vet needs to do some research.

16. By lilbluependragon on Sep 14, 2008 | Reply

    I think you need to do some research then because there is no way draft horses would have more heart attacks than race horses (even if there were the same number), and remember that statics can be made out to appear as the maker whats it to be. I have been to many horse pulls and have never saw one kill over from heart failure, I have seen some strain and tear muscles but no heart failures? Even the vet says its uncommon because the horse pulls for maybe a minute at a time

17. By no1horselover on Sep 16, 2008 | Reply

    yeah I know what youre trying to get at but race horses far out number draft horses that pull heavy weights.
    If there were the same amount of both the heart failures in draft horses would be triple that of the racers.
    Im not just againt this, there are lots of horse sports I dont like.
    Racing is one of them.

18. By lilbluependragon on Sep 17, 2008 | Reply

    And I have known pulling teams to pull a well over 11,000 pound sled, this is nothing.

19. By lilbluependragon on Sep 19, 2008 | Reply

    Ya I have seen some fatties riding mini ponies and I feel sorry for them. I also saw one buck a guys lard *** off of him twas great!

20. By lilbluependragon on Sep 22, 2008 | Reply

    That much is true. But on the other hand more horses die of heart attacks at races and such but in draft horses it isn’t too common. In that case it wouldn’t be abuse, reason being is that the horse is doing it willingly, horses are always willing to please and will sometimes go overboard (I know some that would jump off a cliff if the rider only asked that of them). If you run a marathon at your best and have a heart attack it isn’t the trainers fault, see where I am coming from?

21. By no1horselover on Sep 23, 2008 | Reply

    I have heard of many draft horses die of heart failure due to weight pulling.
    No one knows how much weight they can pull comfortably, or how much weight they can bere on their backs.
    Like some of these sick bastards who ride mini ponies.
    This horse is really straining it cruel!

22. By lilbluependragon on Sep 24, 2008 | Reply

    Its a Belgian horse, not Belgium? I mean come on was that comment about americans really necessary? We don’t all eat big macs and get fat ya know

23. By lilbluependragon on Sep 24, 2008 | Reply

    yeah like a horse that probably weighs around 2,000 pounds is going to have trouble harnessing up to a sled full of sand bags. OMG THE HORROR! Since you like to humanize, lets see you pull it lol, it would be funny seeing you snort and tug at that. These heavy horses have been bred for centuries to PULL, even used as war horses to pull heavy artillery. Read up before making such snide and silly comments.

24. By bebecutie9701 on Sep 26, 2008 | Reply

    ummmm its not Belgium its Belgian btw

25. By jogga123 on Sep 28, 2008 | Reply

    These are working horses people,don’t talk trash on something you know NOTHING about. Draft horses enjoy what they do immensely,read up on the subject.

26. By nyogoso on Sep 30, 2008 | Reply

    ahhh,people here know about belgium,i’m from belgium and americans don’t really know where it is,but it’s good some do here,oki

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