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« Reply #15 on: Monday 05 November 07 09:47 GMT (UK) »

I think that the horse would be a Clydesdale too...we have a show here every year and they are just fantastic to look at when they are all done up in their finery  Smiley

http://www.aberdeenclydesdaleshow.co.uk/

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« Reply #16 on: Monday 05 November 07 10:19 GMT (UK) »

Oh dear!
This wonderful animal would not have been distroyed...it was clearly a tragic accident.
if we go by the horse in the picture.....he has a snaffle bit in his mouth {(the kindest bit)  shows how manageable he was} with a rope..for a lead....
this shows what a kind fellow he was...the accident would have been viewed   fairly....
I do agree though that he was likely a Clyesdale....not sure though..

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« Reply #17 on: Monday 05 November 07 10:50 GMT (UK) »

Annie ......you changed your picture!!
I only just notices it was you....you dark horse...
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« Reply #18 on: Monday 05 November 07 12:16 GMT (UK) »

I don't think the horse is a Suffolk Punch - he's got too much feather & he doesn't look quite right, somehow - the shape's wrong.  I had a mare who looked like him-she was  Shire crossed with Huh 
I don't think working horses were bred as carefully then as Shires are now (or were by enthusiasts then).  They were after a tough, thrifty horse with shortish legs in proportion to his/her body (better gearing!)
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« Reply #19 on: Monday 05 November 07 15:29 GMT (UK) »

hello to everyone...I'm overwhelmed by the response to my question!  It is the stallion I'm more interested in...I don't think I can get back any further on John Smith's side.  (see www.phlomis.plus.com/f_2c.htm )  I'm happy to hear so many in agreement with the Clydesdale, as they are truly magnificent.  Commonty was just the farm he was visiting and when I visited there in 2004, the owner was very sick and wouldn't talk.  The horse was usually stabled in a lane off High Street New Pitsligo, which is now converted into something else.  But I learned about a fair at Aikee Brae? I might learn something there.  Lynne
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« Reply #20 on: Tuesday 06 November 07 06:00 GMT (UK) »

Yes, the Clydesdale looks about right, what a beautiful animal  Smiley
Jo is right, judging by the bit etc he's wearing, he really was a gentle giant...must have really been frightened to have reacted the way he did causing that tragic accident  Cry
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« Reply #21 on: Tuesday 06 November 07 06:13 GMT (UK) »

Prue! I am so pleased to see Harry again....
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« Reply #22 on: Tuesday 06 November 07 06:17 GMT (UK) »

 Grin  Hi Jo...nice to know he's still got what it takes!  Wink Kiss
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« Reply #23 on: Wednesday 20 August 08 09:45 BST (UK) »

I am sure the horse is a Clydesdale it was the usual horse used for farmwork in Scotland,  it was common practice to walk the horse from farm to farm offering his services often traveling long distances getting
board for him and his horse on the journey ,this practice was known as walking the staag. However the men who walked the
staag were treated with suspicion as they had a reputation for siring as many offspring as their stallion [ptobably undeservadley]  As the horses had pedigrees records would be kept but I have no Idea where to find them one of the most famous having the pedigree name FOOTPRINT was exported to Canada and is the ancestor of most of the Clydesdale's in Canada today.

[note the term staag not stag]

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« Reply #24 on: Thursday 21 August 08 23:02 BST (UK) »

Hi!

I'd agree, this beauty definitely looks like a Clydesdale.

Suey already posted a link to the Clydesdale Horse Society site (see below), but I thought I'd mention that it has a 'contact us' link, it might be worthwhile getting in touch and seeing if they might be able to help, especially given this article about the ancestry of Clydesdales.

http://www.clydesdalehorsesociety.com/history.htm

I'm stunned to find that Clydesdales are officially recognised as an "at risk" animal, due to their continually dwindling numbers.  Unbelievable when you consider how important they were to us in the past.

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