Irish Draught

Irish Draught
Irish Draught stallion
Heavyweight hunter showing
Country of originIreland
Traits
Height
  • 15.2-16.3 hands
Distinguishing featuresPowerful warmblood build, well-muscled
Breed standards

The Irish Draught horse is the national horse breed of Ireland which developed primarily for farm use. Today, they are frequently used to crossbreed with Thoroughbreds and warmbloods to produce the Irish Sport Horse (also called Irish Draught Sport Horse) which excel at the highest levels of eventing and show jumping.

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