The Belgian Horse
By Samantha Hollingsworth
The Belgian Heavy Draft
Height: 17 hands
Weight: 2,000 lbs. average
Colors: chestnut and roan
Uses: work, hunting, general riding, jumping, and riding
Just who is this Belgian breed?
Physical features: The belgian is one of the strongest and heaviest of all the drafts. They are cold-blooded, hard workers and are very docile. The have small heads, thick necks, powerful shoulders and hindquarters and short legs with feathers.
Origin: Belgium
Images of the Belgian Heavy Draft
The gentle Giant
Fun Facts about the Belgian Draft
- Belgian Drafts are cold-blooded making them docile and hardworking.
- Belgian Drafts are prone to several health problems with include azoturia, junctional epidermolysis bullosa, mud fever and shivers.
- The breed was developed in 1920.
- The Belgian Draft's life expectancy is 30 years.