What are the features of a Clydesdale horse?

Answer 1

They are 18 hands high (over six feet) with feathered hooves. They are the second largest horse in the world. They are well over 2,000 pounds. Coloring of the Clydesdale horse breed varies from different shades of bay, brown, chestnut and black, predominantly with one solid color, often with a white underbelly as well as a white feather.

Answer 2

A Clydesdale is a Draft Horse breed which will make them fall in the cold blood category. The personality of horses from one to another very even when talking about horses of the same breed. But a general draft mentality is :

- Gentle and kind hearted.

(When man started developing the draft breed, they made sure to make the breed docile since the breed will be bigger and stronger then reg. horses. And if drafts had the temper of a hot blood, they could easily kill people with a "warning" kick)

- Sometimes stubborn especially when dealing with them during feeding time.

- Extremely stomach driven.

- Numb to presser.

- Very hoof and over all body hardy.

Answer 3

Clydesdales are a draft breed, and as such were bred as work horses capable of pulling large loads and working in the fields. They are usually used now as show horses, circus horses, for crossbreeding to create warmblood and sport type horses... and Clydesdales make up the famous Budweiser horse team. Clydesdales are sometimes, but infrequently used as riding horses.

Clydesdale horses are too big for some people to ride.... so people usually use them to pull carriages.

Answer 4

Clydesdale horses are a breed of draft horses seen in Budweiser beer commercials. They are generally deep mahogany brown, or bay, with white on face and hooves. As a draft horse, they are large, barrel chested animals, as they were originally bred for for farm work and hauling.

Answer 5

Clydesdale horses have been bred in Scotland since 1826. Widely used as draught horses in both agricultural and industrial applications, Clydesdales are also used as drum horses by the British Household Cavalry.

Answer 6

The Clydesdale is a work horse known for their height and their strength. Some people will ride them as a saddle horse even though they are a work horse.

Answer 7

Clydesdales have a very gentle temperament dispite there size. There personality is intellegent and strong-willed.

Answer 8

A Clydesdale is a very large type of draft horse. They have extra hair near their hooves. Budweiser uses them to pull wagons in parades.

Answer 9

a clydesdale is a draft horse