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Belgian draft horse from the Maryland State Fair

Belgian

The Belgian has a small head, thick and muscular neck, powerful shoulders and quarters, short legs with small amount of feathering. Chestnut or red roan in color, they can stand up to 17 hh (1.7 m).

On average the Belgian will grow to be slightly over 1 ton or 2,000 pounds. Colors normally are a type of light chestnut with a flaxen mane. They are considered a draft horse. Historically their main use was as a farm horse. They are still used as working animals, but have also become popular as show horses, gaming horses, and even as trail riding horses.

They are able to pull tremendous amounts of weight. At the National Western Stock Show in Denver, Colorado, a team of two horses in the Heavyweight class pulled 17,000 pounds a distance of 7 ft 2 in (7,700 kg a distance of 2.18 m). The team of Belgians weighed 4,800 pounds (2,200 kg).

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-The '''Belgian''' [[horse]], '''Belgian Heavy Horse''', or '''Brabant''' is a [[horse breed]] comes from the West-[[Brabant (province)|Brabantian]] region of [[Belgium]]. They are one of the strongest of the heavy breeds. The world's Largest Belgian Horse was named [[Brooklyn Supreme]], who weighed 3,200 pounds, and stood at 19.2 [[hand (unit)|hands]].  On average the Belgian will grow to be slightly over 1 ton or 2,000 pounds.  Colors normally are a blonde or sorrel/ chestnut, with a flaxen mane. In history their main use was to work farms, or ranches.  They are considered a working horse, and wagon horse.  They are able to pull tremendous amounts of weight-up to over 4,500 pounds for a pair.  They are still used as work horses and wagon horses, but have become increasingly popular as show horses, gaming horses, and trail riding horses.  Although the overall percentage drafts among American horses has declined, the number of Belgians has increased.<ref> {{cite web | publisher = Rural Heritage | title = Picture of Brooklyn Supreme | url = http://www.ruralheritage.com/horse_paddock/horse_large_bs.htm}}</ref>
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-The worlds tallest living horse is a Belgian Draft named Radar. Radar is a [[gelding]], he was born in 1998 in Iowa. He stands at 19.35 [[hands]], which means he is approximately 6 foot 7 inches tall at the [[withers]]. He weighs over 2400 lbs. He is currently used by Priefert Ranch Equipment for promotions.<ref>
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-{{cite web | publisher = Priefert Ranch Equipment | title = About Radar | url = http://www.priefert.com/dynamic/radar/about_radar.php | accessdate= 2006-09-16}}</ref>
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+|description = The Belgian has a small head, thick and muscular neck, powerful shoulders and quarters, short legs with small amount of feathering. Chestnut or red roan in color, they can stand up to 17 hh (1.7 m).
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+On average the Belgian will grow to be slightly over 1 ton or 2,000 pounds. Colors normally are a type of light chestnut with a flaxen mane. They are considered a draft horse. Historically their main use was as a farm horse. They are still used as working animals, but have also become popular as show horses, gaming horses, and even as trail riding horses.
-Picture of Brooklyn Supreme at Rural Heritage http://www.ruralheritage.com/horse_paddock/horse_large_bs.htm
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+They are able to pull tremendous amounts of weight. At the National Western Stock Show in Denver, Colorado, a team of two horses in the Heavyweight class pulled 17,000 pounds a distance of 7 ft 2 in (7,700 kg a distance of 2.18 m). The team of Belgians weighed 4,800 pounds (2,200 kg).
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-[[de:Brabanter]]
-[[nl:Belgisch trekpaard]]
-[[pl:Koń belgijski]]