On Jul 15, 4:17*pm, notbob > wrote:
> On 2008-07-15, John Kane > wrote:
>
> > I believe you were mixing up Clydesdales with Percherons which I
> > always think of as Belgian although a quick look at a wiki suggests
> > the name is from Northern France.
>
> BINGO!!
>
> Those Coors draft horses I saw at the rodeo WERE Percherons. *I knew
> "Belgian" didn't sound quite right. *Googling for coors and horse and such,
> it appears Coors did use Belgians primarily, but I know for a fact the one's
> at the Livermore Rodeo were Percherons because the signs said so, all 2200
> lbs of them. *I've yet to see a horse that big, again. *Wow.
>
> nb

I once met a Percheron stallion coming down the lane at a country
fair. Was he big!!

We have a family here that do wagon/sleigh rides, carriages for
weddings and so on, and they have some lovely Percheron/Hackney
crosses. The horses look like a Percheron but are not as big.

John Kane Kingston ON Canada