Heavy Horse World Spring 2019 issue is now out!

As we emerge from a muddy, snowy winter Heavy Horse World Spring 2019 issue is ready to welcome you to a new year packed with opportunities!  It’s full of fascinating features and news you can use!  The Spring issue is always our shows number – leading with all the info you need about the National Shire Horse Show at the Staffordshire County Showground on 22-24 March, and including our unique Free HHW Events List – compiled from returns from show secretaries up and down the country.

Highlights this issue are news of the Shire Horse Society’s Heavy Horse Camp, designed to help newcomers discover top tips; the first part of our new ‘Learn to Plough’ series in which William Castle takes you through all the practical steps you need to succeed, and a focus on two heavy horse businesses, in Lancashire and Somerset.  This issue is packed with profiles of people who have found a new and absorbing life with heavies whether in breeding, showing, ridden or driven, as well as a couple of real horse characters who are making their name in very different disciplines.

There’s history, discovering the road-hauling ancestry of one of our regular contributors, and a pictorial look at one of our top lady ploughmen.  Plus a new chapter starting for the Suffolk Punch Trust, and an award – for the third time – for Welsh Shire breeders.  Not to be missed!  You can subscribe or renew your subscription here, or phone us with your details – it’s just £30 for a year.

Senior champion at Lanark Foal Show was Scott Greenhill with Fordelhill Jubilee Ruby, here with Rhonagh Zawadzki during the presentation of the John Zawadzki Memorial Trophy.

Kevin Maling at Southern Counties Heavy Horse Association’s Great All England Ploughing event near Southampton last autumn. Photo: Diana Zeuner

Other highlights –

• Shire becomes Animal Hero of the Year
• British Ridden championship qualifiers
• Heavy Horse Two-Wheel Cart Showcase and Championship
• Rescued Shires take on a new lease of life
• Tributes to Basil Pike and Charlie Carrick
• Suffolk Society redoubles efforts to improve foal numbers
• And don’t forget to go to Heavy Horse World Shop to see our full range of titles including The Working Horse Manual, Heavy Horses, Showing the Heavy Horse, and a host of DVDs including A Beginner’s Guide to Heavy Horses and Plaiting the Heavy Horse for Showing.