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Archive Issues Richard Bedford’s six-year-old Boothay Richard, shown by his 19-year-old son, Robert, won the National Shire Horse Show stallion championship and King George V Cup at this year’s Spring Show at the East of England Showground, Peterborough. Held indoors in the new exec building...   Coors Brewers Ltd announced the closure of its visitor centre in Burton-on-Trent and its long-standing Shire horse operation in March, two days after the Coors dray took the single horse turnout championship at the National Shire Horse Show, driven by head horseman, David Coffen. The centre will close on 30 June, but... The thriving French heavy horse breeds are compared favourably to the “declining” Shire by Dr Ken Young, the Midlands Shire owner and enthusiast, in a news release published days before the National Shire Horse Show. The number of Shires being bred in the UK has fallen... Agricultural University-backed field trials of the effectiveness of the horse collar took place in Shropshire with the aim of achieving a better understanding of the way the horse and collar work together. Working in collaboration with Andrew Barnett... A final push to secure the remaining money needed for the £108,000 Liverpool Carters’ working horse monument has been launched in the city. A fund raising luncheon, attended by... Horse-drawn boats are now a rare sight in the UK – there are only five passenger operations in the country and Stephen Rees-Jones’s Bywater Holiday Cruises business is the only one offering holidays. Based at Church Stoke... Agricultural lecturer Mike Bingham continues his series in Heavy Horse World, The Incredible Journey, designed for the new heavy horse owner. This issue he focuses... Hugh Ramsay is one of the foremost names in the world of Clydesdales, known internationally for his knowledge, experience and enthusiasm. His horses have won many championships... Horse-drawn implements are still out there, all over Britain, rusting in hedgerows and old barns, testament to an era when highly inventive engineers developed machines for every conceivable agricultural task. Wendy Toomer-Harlow talks to her...  The horsemen of East Yorkshire had a special role in the First World War as the Wolds Wagoners’ Special Reserve, established to ensure efficient transport for the British Army in a mainland conflict. Pole draught, remaining in this part of the country while... Summer 2008 A new society has been formed to further the interests of turnout and in-hand harness showing. The Heavy Horse Turnout Society (HHTS) was...   Heavy Horse World’s five-page free Events List is included – as usual – in this Spring issue, enabling heavy horse owners and enthusiasts to plan their year ahead and enjoy the best of heavy horse activity. Any events... British heavy horse cross-country driving enthusiasts are busy training their horses for the 1008 La Route du Poisson in France on 18-21 September. The commemoration of... Agricultural lecturer Mike Bingham begins a new series in Heavy Horse World The Incredible Journey, designed for the new heavy horse owner. This issue he focuses on... Photographer Carol Stevens enjoyed a day with Dick and Mary Fuller and their three-horse Percheron team at the Great Yorkshire Show last year. Her memories of the... Horses and drivers employed by the city of Southampton were remembered at a unique event to mark the 40th anniversary of the retirement of the last horses at the Corporation depot. Shires from Waldburg Shires were... Roger Clark is a great exponent of the Smyth drill and this issue he explains its history and development and describes how it works. “Smyth knew that... Over 15 years Joanne Hartland has built a substantial business from her West Sussex base supplying European-built carts and carriages, English-made leather and Dutch-made synthetic harness and a wide range of harness and carriage furnishings. Vehicles from her diverse range... Willingham Hempsall II is the most recent foal to be born at Hempsall Farm, some 80 years after Gordon Bailey’s grandfather Ernest Bailey Senior started the business at Willingham, Cambridgeshire. The development of...  Spring 2008 The Lord Mayor’s Coach was pulled by a team from Waldburg Shires in November, the first time.... Robert Eddy drove 10 working Shires at the Cornish Horsepower working day at Trevaban Farm, Marazion, Cornwall this year. Driving them all.... The British Festival of the Working Horse 2012, is to take place on 8/9 September at Windsor Great Park. Promoted by.... Shire breeder Ray Williams’s dispersal sale in September was topped by Moorfield Sarah selling for £9,400 to J Walsh, Birmingham. However.... Swedish horseman Hans Sidbäck explores the qualities horsemen need to get the best from their equine companion. In an extract.... British Horse Loggers chair, Doug Joiner, asks are we breeding working horses for the future? In an article.... Draught horses and ponies have a valuable role to play in increasing the availability of local, sustainably-grown vegetables, says Rebecca..... Winter 2007 Ray Williams is to disperse his Shire stud on Tuesday 18 September.... Capespan Shires took the supreme driving championship at The Royal Show this year.... HRH The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall visited Cotebrook Shire Horse Centre in July.... A major festival of working horses is to be organised in 2012.... After 35 years running the Norfolk Shire Horse Centre, West Runton, David and Jonquil Bakewell retire.... The Suffolk and British Percheron Breed Shows feature in this issue.... Heavy Horse World editor Diana Zeuner went behind the scenes to discover a working horse tradition..... Autumn 2007 The 2007 National Shire Horse Show takes centre stage this issue.... Young’s famous black Shires live on, with head horsekeeper Kevin Flynn launching his own business.... Wadworths Brewery of Devizes, Wiltshire, is now the only remaining brewery regularly delivering beer by horse and dray.... Shires and Clydesdales have both moved to a rarer category in the latest Rare Breeds Survival Trust’s Watchlist.... Liverpool’s working horse statue is taking shape at last in the studios of sculptor Judy Boyt.... The prestigious Cawdor Cup and male championship at the Clydesdale breed’s National Stallion Show in Glasgow went to a newcomer.... Twins Ben and Sarah Pinion – now both qualified farriers – are thought to be the only twin brother and sister farriers in the world.... Summer 2007 Heavy Horse World Magazine celebrates its 20th Anniversary with the publication of the Spring 2007 issue.... Heavy Horse World’s free Events List covering five pages is included, as usual, in this Spring issue.... The Suffolk Punch Trust took part in the Lord Mayor’s Show in November as part of the entry from the Worshipful Company of Farriers.... Elspeth Ross is to continue with her Shire business following the death of her father, Andy Ross, but it will in future be known as Waldburg Shires... The British Percheron Horse Society is holding a Stallion Viewing Day on 11 March at Gull Farm, Deeping High Bank, Spalding.... The London Harness Horse Parade is “highly unlikely” to return to London following the imposition of draconian health and safety legislation and will be held instead at the South of England Showground, Ardingly, East Sussex.... The South Wales Shire Horse Society has hired a stallion in a new venture this year, its 24th. Ruskington Conner.... A new heavy horse centre has opened on the western fringe of the Lake District in Cumbria, with the emphasis on Suffolk Punches.... Spring 2007 Jamie Mason’s Grange Farm Lady Fiona took the 2006 Shire Horse of the Year Championship at Stafford in September.... The Devon-based Willis family had a triumphant day at the Wessex In-hand and Harness Championships.... The Black Shires of Young & Co Brewery – which has sold its Wandsworth site and is moving to Bedford – carried out their last ever beer deliveries.... Make the case for horse power – says Heavy Horse World contributor Edward Hart.... An unseasonal heat haze gathered over the British National Ploughing Championships .... Fit heavy horses pressed on in wilting weather in the New Forest Heavy Horse Relay.... What would you do, if three days after the birth of your foal.... The charge of the heavy brigade in Ruskington Fen was a wonderful sight .... Deep in Dartmoor can be found two national ploughing champions under one roof .... Winter 2006 A British Percheron has taken the Royal Show supreme championship for the third year running.... The famous Young & Co Brewery’s black Shires are to be phased out by October 2007 .... Suffolks in the UK with American blood are to be registered by the American Suffolk Horse Association.... Shire breeder Jim Higgins of Oldham, Lancashire, is nurturing twin filly foals.... Wessex Heavy Horse Society held its first spring working in Wiltshire, with 29 horses present.... A working horse has returned to an historic mineral tramway in Cornwall 200 years after horses.... Was it a record? Milestones – Hampshire’s Living History Museum at Basingstoke – held its annual Festival of Fireghting featuring.... Autumn 2006 The Liverpool Carters are finally to get their statue commemorating Liverpool’s dock horses .... A new societyhas been set up to promote interest in horse-drawn farm implements.... HRH the Prince of Wales is to be the next President of .... A Shire Horse Centre is being established at Sacrewell Farm & Country Centre at Thornhaugh, near Peterborough.... The Suffolk Horse Society has drawn up a new policy on the import of North American Suffolk mares .... Lancashire horseman Wynne Hull is gearing up for his cross-Pennines journey by Shire .... The Tetleys Shire horse team will retire after this summer’s shows.... The Suffolk Punch Trust has taken ownership of the Hollesley bay Colony Stud.... Summer 2006