The owner of a shire horse has thanked firefighters and others who helped save her beloved animal from a ditch. Bilbo, 14, ...

“I first became a devotee of the discipline in 1969 aged 12, when I watched the May Queen and her attendants riding side saddle on Shire horses in the Gawthorpe Maypole Parade walk by,” she says.

A confused police horse has taken a shine to a plastic steed outside a Brisbane saddle shop by attempting ... locked muzzles with a white plastic figurine at Shire Saddleworld on Monday.

Registered Shire horses numbered some 200,000 in the early 20th century ... but also for their usually calm and dependable temperament when under saddle. Mirroring this upsurge has been a hike in ...

the horses favoured by in-hand judges may be slightly different to those that would thrive under-saddle. “If I was looking for a ridden Shire I’d ideally want something that stands between ...

They’re used to being on board Shire horses, or working with them, but for a number of countrywomen from all around the county their saddle will be much smaller soon as they embark on a 320-mile ...

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 ...

Three shire horse foals were born to three different mothers at the farm in Upton earlier this month The arrival of three rare shire horse foals at a Nottinghamshire farm has been hailed as ...

The horse was sedated, then straps were attached to his saddle. Finally a teleporter ... Caryn Wilkinson Bilbo is a 14-year-old shire horse that often competes in heavy-horse show competitions ...