Heavy Horse World Summer 2018 issue is now out!

Your Heavy Horse World Summer 2018 issue heralds a summer of enjoyment with your favourite equines!  With warmer weather now with us, we report on the season’s launch with the Shire and Clydesdale national shows, and congratulate the winners – as always we have plenty of fantastic images from our photographers who work solidly to bring you the best of this year’s horses.  It’s not all showing, as we have plenty of fantastic features this issue.  Discover the extraordinary story of Beau and Beatrice, with a Shire mare brought back from the brink of death; the Suffolk who goes hunting, the pair of draught horses engaged in producing specialist veg, and profiles of two of our heavy horse businesses.  There are stories about wagons, harness, breeding, riding and ploughing.  Find out who won the equine breeder of the year award in Scotland, and who exported the first Shire to Thailand.  Don’t miss it – make sure your subscription is up to date – you can take a sub out or renew it via our website here or just call us and use your cards over the phone – it’s easy!

National Shire Stallion Champion and King George V Cup winner, William Bedford’s Landcliffe Charlie, all smiles after their win. Photograph: Kevin Wright

This year’s first qualifier for the British Ridden Heavy Horse Championship at the Horse of the Year Show was Emma Green on Ringston Rueben. Photograph: Kevin Wright.

Other highlights –

• Out of Edingale – the story of Bickers Court Shires
• Moorcroft vase celebrates the Shire in society’s 140th anniversary year
• Hurst Green Shires – a racing certainty!
• From this side of the fence – William Castle’s last comment column – Good horses

And don’t forget to go to Heavy Horse World Shop (add link) 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