a clydsdale in the desert??? giant horse shoe!!!

[chong2]

went detecting for a little bit today, and dug this huge guy up! but i dunno, its kinda big...... it was on a trail in the desert foothills of el paso, i put a "normal" sized shoe beside it. it seems kinda crude or very very corroded. at first i thought it was part of a horse shoe game, but there are nials still in it, so it was attached to some kind of animal. anyone seen one this big

 

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[Montana Jim]

Most wagon crossings by wagon trains or freighters were by oxen...

Why not a few with drafts or belgians?

 

[oldbuzzard]

Hi a lot of farmers used draft horse for plowing, as far as the trail goes probably threw a shoe while migrating. Just a thought.

 

[chong2]

so a draft horse is a larger species?

 

[Montana Jim]

so a draft horse is a larger species?

oh yea... huge...

google it

 

[chong2]

oh wow, i had no idea, my thought it would be harder for them to travel through the rocks and what not. nice

 

[warsawdaddy]

Did they 'shoe' the camels that were introduced to the desert?

 

[Gypsy Heart]

Think Clydesdale....

 

[Gypsy Heart]

Actually...it was probally a Percheron draft horse as they were used because of the desert conditions and they adapted well to the climate and conditions.....

 

[Montana Jim]

Agreed.... nobody can shod a camel. Their hoofs are seperated with an elastic type material, not split or cloven... but seperate and not ready to accept a shoe. And they are perfectly adapted for desert and rocky mountain terrain.

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

Percheron, Belgian or Clydesdale. All BIG horsies. The Belgians are descendents of the big guys knights rode into battle. The equivalent of today's M1A1 Abrams tank.

I had a bored Belgian bite down on my forearm and lift me off the ground a foot. Raised my 200 lbs like I was a carrot. Left an apple sized blood blister. No maliciousness at all, I was just not paying attention to him and he wanted to be paid attention to.

 

[Thomas007]

When i was young my father and grandpa farmed with two percherons - Dolly & Molly. We ended up replacing them with a John Deere "B" when i was about 8 or 9 so i never got to really work with them in the fields as i was too young.

Grandpa kept the harnesses, straps, etc in perfect condition until he died even though the draft horses were long gone. Probably worth a pretty penny today.

Thanks for sharing the horseshoe.. it brings back old memories

HH

Sanat

 

[Monty]

When I was a kid there was an old man who came around the neighborhood and plowed gardens with his horse and plow. I was pretty sure he had a moose instead of a horse. I remember how big it was....huge! M nty

 

[mrs.oroblanco]

Ah, the site of a "big horse" shoe!!! Does my heart good.

We have a few dozen of those (not found, bought and paid for, and taken off our horses, compliments of stones, etc).

Percherons are definitely "sun savvy" and do extremely well in hot climates (considering where they came from), and there is some speculation (historically) that stages and some pioneers used draft or draft crosses, because of the amount of weight they could pull, and while they didn't run quite as fast, they covered more ground by virtue of their larger steps.

Here is two pictures - one of our Percheron colt at 8 months old, one of his grandpa. Imagine his grandpa's foot size!! The man is 6'4" tall, for comparison.

 

[mrs.oroblanco]

Here is a picture of a draft horse foot.

B

 

[chong2]

Blanco... what do you feed your horse his name is hannibal seems like u too are in the desert SW, looks alot like NM to me. so i read about these awesome horses and being used the way they were, i think i read they were highly used highly around the war era, which war i dunno. the area dates from spanish to ww2, thats the path i was on NE ways.what time frame do u think this shoe came from? the area is rich in history, on the NM TX border. thanks for all the info!!!!

 

[Old Dog]

We have a neighbor who has Belgians,
His fences are 6 feet at the top and are made of 2 inch pipe and welded.

These horses look normal when they are off at the far end of the place.
and as stated by Charlie they crave attention... (and love apples)

Their feet are as big around as dinner plates.

Gorgeous animals !

Thom

 

[chong2]

wow again.... i always thought the only "giant" horses are the clydsdales. i need to get out more. one more thing blanco, if those are not mesquite bushes i think they r the rain bushes. grab some in your hand , squeeze tight, then roll between both hands, squeeze again, tightly. now smell......... smells like the rain in the desert

 

[mrs.oroblanco]

Good eye!!!!!!!!!

Nope, the picture was taken in Arizona. Southeastern Arizona, Cochise County (Pearce, Sunsites area).


Here is another one of our horses - a Belgian mare.

B

 

[chong2]

are the tails alwyas that short?