More draft performance

Although it wasn't my intention, yesterday's post about showing a Clydesdale in performance netted me some wonderful reference photos, which will make Liam's job at Springamathing just a little bit easier. Since I know there area  lot of draft horse lovers in the hobby, I'm sharing some of those pictures here.

This first group comes from Scottish hobbyist, Christine Sutcliffe. She writes: Ridden Clydesdales are fairly normal over here so you could always show him under UK showing rules. 

Here are some gorgeous examples from the Royal Highland Show a few years ago! 

Closer to home, my friend and fellow blogger, Lauren Mauldin, recounts seeing a purebred Percheron showing at a local hunter show in Texas.

She writes: We've had a full percheron show at our local shows. His owner proudly told me, "This is my horse and he didn't like being a cart horse so now we're going to be hunters!"

She didn't win a single ribbon either, but she sure did have fun.

Thank you, Christine and Lauren! I love the pictures and will definitely use some of them for Liam's live show documentation.