A farm has sold a second shire horse to the Household Cavalry - which acts as guardians for the royal family. Celt was sold 11 years ago and is now drum horse, performing in ceremonies such as ...

A show dedicated to Shire horses is taking place for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic. The National Shire Horse Show, which has run for more than 140 years, is being staged at Newark ...

The largest and tallest horse on record was a Shire gelding called Sampson (later renamed Mammoth), who measured 21.5 hands and nearly 3,000 pounds (1360 kg) in 1846. Most Shire horses are ...