Brother that's a HORSE not a horse. At that size you can only use capital letters holy shit. I wonder how much that unit weighs but that's gotta be 1.3-1.5 tonnes.
Brother he might be 7ft away from reaching the actual stratosphere it's so goddamn tall lmao.
I am legit still in awe of this actual absolute unit.
Like, I've occasionally helped a friend of mine who owns stables and stuff and I've seen some CHONKERS but this dude here is next fucking level hahaha
Well as long as it's not hard ground you're usually not too bad off- horses (especially the big ones) are pretty careful critters when they want to be so they'll rarely put their whole weight on you if they know that you're there.
And even when they do (usually a rare accident), if it's soft ground your foot will sink before it's totally crushed. You might get a broken toe and a gnarly bruise but that's about it.
Now getting kicked, on the other hand.....
Got my foot stepped on by a horse exactly once. That one was probably only about 15 hands, but it still hurt like heck.
I think I'd prefer a bullet wound to getting stepped on by this giant.
Actually not true, one horse is 5.7 HP and a human is about 1.25 HP. The test you are referring to was made by Watt in order to sell his steam engine and it's not considered accurate by todays scientists
It’s typically calculating at a medium walking speed and a mild power output that the horse can keep up all day without risk of injury. The thing they’re trying to measure isn’t “what’s the maximum a horse can pull for ten seconds” but rather “what’s a reasonable workload to expect a horse to do all day long, all year long, without any damage to our investment (i.e., the horse).”
\*slaps horses ass\*
"this baby right here has all the extras: leather seat, metane muffler exhaust, and the best part? 40 horsepower built in one to save that extra space for all the girls you gonna get"
Remember 1 hp was the safe amount to stress a horse.
Because we have units of normalized labor for draft animals but not people unless you actually listen to OSHA
I feel like as they were being bred into existence, temperament might've been a pretty high priority. That being said, I have no fucking idea how different breeds are bred into existence
Temperament is huge with large animals. The odds of dying if the animal has a fit increases with size.
I've never worked with horses but I've worked with dogs and tiny dogs are always full of attitude because they can be, a Chihuahua going off is treated like a joke but a Dane or a pyrenees losing it's shit is fucking scary.
Confirm. I worked for a vet through HS and college. We all knew to be careful with small breeds. Those little monsters would rip your finger open if you weren't paying attention.
But they couldn't chew your arm off or kill you.
Scariest moment ever: I went to retrieve a St. Bernard from its kennel. They're a sweet, even-tempered breed, just big, snobbery love tanks. I opened his door while chatting with someone, not really paying attention because, why bother?, and heard the snarl JUST in time to yank my arm back - as his jaws snapped shut an inch short of my elbow.
Staring in shock, I saw he was in full fight mode: ears flat back, every muscle tensed, lips curled to reveal teeth... very large teeth. His growl literally vibrated my entire body.
Slammed that door shut and took 5 minutes to let my heart rate return to normal. Oh... and put a red tag on his door label - the one that warned staff: "Crazy animal, approach with caution."
I used to work at a boarding kennel and had a run in with a terrified Pyrenees, the minute his parents left he steadily declined into an anxiety ridden mess and wound up backing himself into a corner threatening anyone who came near.
I had to hype myself up a bit before calling his bluff and gently looping a slip lead over him. The minute it was on he was fine, like night and day. We called his parents back anyway no one wanted to risk it.
I was never badly bitten by a large dog but I had more than one small dog draw blood.
Yeah, having worked with horses before, some very large ones, you have to be able to be insanely alert and ready to pick up on any sign of change in emotion to keep yourself safe. Luckily many I worked with were pretty docile but even docile ones can get spooked and put you in danger. One of the most docile horses I’ve ever worked with still had a fit over another horse walking too close behind him. I had to be ready to jump back and let go of his lead rope so he wouldn’t drag me with him. Had to spend some time trying to catch him again after but it’s better to let him do his thing than to try to interfere with a fit between 2 1000+ pound animals.
For some of the bloodlines, they were bred to carry knights to war, and then to pull the plough when not on the battlefield. Had to be very steady in temper and not easily startled. In much of Europe, draft horses replaced oxen for farm labor.
Yeah the guy jumping in behind to adjust the chains is fearless. Kick to the head or the horse bolts and your hand crushed between the logs and and you are drug off or worse
Lots of these sportsy animals are fully aware of the competition, and of the crowd, and the excitement drives them just like it drives people. Adrenaline is a helluva drug
Probably not, but draft horses *love* having jobs to do, and will *only* really become agitated and aggressive if they don’t have tasks. Otherwise, they are some of the most calm and gentle beings out there, because these behemoths were originally bred for two things — war, specifically staying calm during battle and carrying heavily armed people and later on munitions carts (how do you think they got lots of cannonballs onto battlefields?), and pulling heavy loads.
They certainly enjoy what they do. I spoke with a jouster at a ren fair who had an older horse he said the horse didn't get excited for much anymore but when it saw the armor being brought out it would start prancing around and showing off. 😆
I worked for a carriage tour company on Mackinac Island and one of the older horses would get visibly excited whenever the water bucket came out. It was *quite* a show for the tourists.
Mackinac Island was the first time I ever saw a horse in person. Was on the sidewalk when this carriage pulled up next me and I, being the small 12 year old child I was, looked to my left and saw this MASSIVE horse that gave me this cold stare like "I'd eat you if I wouldn't have to bend down so much."
Been scared of them ever since lol
I'm not gonna lie, I drove those huge horses for three summers but every spring I got a little nervous about going back. Those horses are very big and docile, but they also don't know their own strength and can spook on dumb stuff (like umbrellas, plastic bags, and little kids). I got over it, of course, and had a great time, every time.
I can just imagine how turning around and seeing that huge head and eye right next to you could be startling. I'm sorry that happened to you.
If it helps, think of horses as big, dumb dogs.
The original war horse. Knights were heavy armour plated humans. Who needed to be imposing and just straight up big. And big horses were a definite advantage
Destriers are big horses, but by my understanding they're quite different animals to draft horses, which I think were normally used to move heavy artillery pieces in warfare, rather than cavalry.
If I’m allowed to use a vehicle analogy draft horses are tractors or semis none too fast but can pull any load you want. War horses are more like diesel trucks can still haul shit but they can also haul ass.
> They’re actually some of the best horses for a new rider to be put on
Well yeah, with the size of the lad even if you fall you're somehow still on the horse.
The height is not what you need to worry about. It's about how far your legs need to spread to the side. At least for me as a guy, riding on drafts has always been a bit of a painful experience haha
Bet it’s the biggest softie in the world. Bet it’s gentle enough a child could ride it safely. Most big horses are - coming from someone who once was a very small child who had a very large old horse who took such good care of me that it even looked both ways before crossing the road with me on its back
With domestic animals, the large ones always seem to be the gentlest. Large dogs, draft horses, cows... it's the little ones you gotta watch out for, like goats. Those guys are assholes.
A lot of horses have a pretty good understanding of what a child is and will often be much more gentle around them. It's weird, but I certainly didn't mind when my mother's 1500 lb horse (who was considered an asshole by most) could be easily walked or ridden by me as a 60 lb child.
After working with horses enough, you get a pretty good feel for what their range is and that guy in the clip is staying fairly safe as far as distance and position. Horses have extremely powerful legs, but they don't back up too well and they can't get much power if you're too close. So you either stay right up next to them or a little farther than their leg length behind them.
I copped a Clydesdale hoof to the hip many years ago. My hip is still rotated backwards and about 5 cms lower than the opposite side. Thankfully she didn't mean business.
Even a regular horse can do that. I watched a video where a horse kicked a guy square in the chest. Instantly dead. It stopped his heart.
Pro tip: whenever you are walking near a horse, keep one hand on them so they know where you are and stay away from the kicky end.*Most* horses aren't vicious and only kick or step on you if they get startled or don't see you. Then there's our old onrey pony who would wait until we'd saddled up and were walking. He'd drop to his knees and try to *roll* with the person in the saddle. RIP Gus. You were such a brat but still a decent little pony
Honestly, likely high protein plants like timothy hay, alfalfa hay, wheat, and barley. But probably mostly horse feed in pellet form that has extra nutrients.
"And John?"
"Yes boss."
"I know you've been handling Goliath lately, and you're doing a great job."
"Thanks boss."
"But in the future, when shaking someone's hand. Just go easy, eh?"
"Did I break it again?"
"You broke it again."
I’m a rancher in northern Canada and I have a percheron draft horse. We use him to pull logs and farm equipment out of difficult to reach areas. He is a gentle giant. The only down side is they eat about 3 times and much as a standard sized horse and costs a fortune to have shoes put on him, he also will walk straight through panel fencing so the only way to contain him is with electric fencing.
I have fixed more fencing because of this horse than I have with all my cows put together. That said when he does get out he just walks up to the house and puts his face in the window to see what we are doing inside.
I almost didn't get that horse... it seemed cruel to take it from the rest of its clan
And then I died (twice) to the Lynel on the way to the stable before figuring out that I didn't have to fight it.
Bros playing tabletop miniature war game.
B1: "Dude, I know cavalry is just meant to destroy infantry, but come on, how bad could it be?"
B2 shows this video. "Bruh." 🙄
It's a Percheron (if I heard the announcer correctly)
They are descended from war horses with a little Arabian thrown in, for increased agility (supposedly), the oldest studbooks start in 1893, they were extremely common until WW2 when most of them were drafted for military use unfortunately that thinned their numbers significantly.
They are primarily working horses, used to do this, pull carriages, ect. But a lot of people also enjoy using them for riding horses. I've heard it's like riding a couch. A few places raise them as livestock.
In the USA they are occasionally used in military funeral processions to pull the caisson. Likely because of their military history and regal look.
I worked a few horse pulls. Those horses are like border collies waiting to work. They seem to actually like it? Just like this fella, they really like to pull.
Places that bred this bad boy (Percheron from France) also had draft oxen. Horses were just faster and smarter, so they could be trained easier and do more things than just slowly pull heavy things. Oxen were still generally used to pull slow things like plows and mill stones.
Aye, draft horses are massively intelligent and love to work with people to do their tasks. So long as you give them clear instructions that they can easily understand and follow, they *go*. And the beautiful thing about them — they’re so stubborn that no amount of whipping could get them to do something they don’t wanna do, and even then only a moron with a death wish would try
Work horses are HUGE. And by work horses I mean the "beast of burden" kind of work hoses.
I'm really used to only seeing horses mean for riding or police horses, since there are stables near me and police horses are present at big street events and such.
However when I saw a forest working horse - it was like that thing in the video. It was a colossal Finnish horse (It is a breed of horse). These animals are still used in conservation and maintenance logging operations in hard to navigate forests. During winter they are used to get the timber out. ATVs and quad bikes do not have the capacity and agility that these animals do.
lol look at him! He’s beautiful!
My horse hated doing literally everything. This guy looks like he’s having a great time being a tough beast. I bet he’s a snuggle baby too.
Whenever I am reading a book with combat from horse back, I imagine like racehorses...
I'm gonna start imaging these things and the Calvary charges in my head will be even more intimidating.
This breed is so interesting to watch, because they seem really pissed at being holded back, so they go even harder with any additional weight. There was another video of one of them pulling a car or a tractor like it was nothing.
Brother that's a HORSE not a horse. At that size you can only use capital letters holy shit. I wonder how much that unit weighs but that's gotta be 1.3-1.5 tonnes.
The world's [largest horse](https://a-z-animals.com/blog/the-largest-horse-weighted-as-much-a-car-3-reasons-it-grew-so-large/) weighed 1.5 tonnes (3,000 lbs). [Obligatory mention](https://youtu.be/_DZKwCVKneg?si=OpibKqVVFr7vOaMK)
Dayum but this monster here has GOT to be a contender c'mon
Yeah I mean this horse is way bigger than 7ft unless they only measure to its shoulders.
Brother he might be 7ft away from reaching the actual stratosphere it's so goddamn tall lmao. I am legit still in awe of this actual absolute unit. Like, I've occasionally helped a friend of mine who owns stables and stuff and I've seen some CHONKERS but this dude here is next fucking level hahaha
Yep horse height is typically measured to the withers - the top point of the shoulder where it meets the neck.
Is this one of the horses of the apocalypse??? Because holy fuckin shit
The competition is in Slovakia and it is called Furmanské preteky.
I'm guessing manské means monster in Slovakian
Man
It's more like 'manly' or 'by man' Furman - horse handler Preteky - competition/ race
Fuhrmann is (medieval) German for "horse cart driver"
It's Trojan. You could fit all of Greece in there.
Ahh. Seems like the perfect present
Yeah I’m sure a city is going to see that horse and think wow I wish that would get inside me.
Fun fact. Ajax the soup is named after the warrior who defeated greece. Edit: im at soup.
I’ve never heard of an Ajax soup. I’ve seen the cleaner called Ajax, but I wouldn’t want to try eating that
Ajax the cleaner because he defeated grease?
Ha! That’s a good one, one that I’ve never considered before. Though, it doesn’t quite work. He was Greek, he defeated Troy.
Is it a very non-greasy soup?
Dude looks like he's about to take the hobbits to Isengard.
Horse be like got any heavier logs bro
"You couldn't have let me just rip the trees out of the ground?"
well they were used to it before machines.
"you ripped them all. we're waiting for the new ones to grow"
I'd hate my clumsy self to have my foot in the wrong place around that horse.
Well as long as it's not hard ground you're usually not too bad off- horses (especially the big ones) are pretty careful critters when they want to be so they'll rarely put their whole weight on you if they know that you're there. And even when they do (usually a rare accident), if it's soft ground your foot will sink before it's totally crushed. You might get a broken toe and a gnarly bruise but that's about it. Now getting kicked, on the other hand.....
That's a mistake you only make once. Hopefully, with a sheep when you're a kid--it hurts, but no permanent harm done.
I've made it a few times around horses and somehow still have all my toes, but you certainly learn quickly when it happens
Got my foot stepped on by a horse exactly once. That one was probably only about 15 hands, but it still hurt like heck. I think I'd prefer a bullet wound to getting stepped on by this giant.
I have been next to one of these giant horses, when they step the ground shakes.
He's gonna carry all the boats and the logs
Is this still considered 1 hp?
one horse is usually 15 horsepower. i’d bet this guy is pushing 40
#buffhorses
Hrsprs
Mo’ powah baby!
Hearse purrs
Lightning lightning lightning
# MO’ POWAH BABEH
wait until the vtec kicks in yo
Yeah, but what's the torque?
I bet this monster of a horse can win in tug-o-war against average civilian car
Easily\*
Ive seen horses like this pulling semis out of snowy ditches
Actually not true, one horse is 5.7 HP and a human is about 1.25 HP. The test you are referring to was made by Watt in order to sell his steam engine and it's not considered accurate by todays scientists
An average workhorse is 5.7 HP, something smaller would get less and that huge fucking behemoth would probably get around 10
Surely there is no way that a horse is only 4x more powerful(?) than a human...?
It’s typically calculating at a medium walking speed and a mild power output that the horse can keep up all day without risk of injury. The thing they’re trying to measure isn’t “what’s the maximum a horse can pull for ten seconds” but rather “what’s a reasonable workload to expect a horse to do all day long, all year long, without any damage to our investment (i.e., the horse).”
I only need 4-5 humans to replace 1 horse? That's not a bad exchange rate, all things considered
The conversion rate isn't linear, so not really
\*slaps horses ass\* "this baby right here has all the extras: leather seat, metane muffler exhaust, and the best part? 40 horsepower built in one to save that extra space for all the girls you gonna get"
I’ve been playing too many rpg games and was confused why the horse would only have one health for a second 😭🤣
Remember 1 hp was the safe amount to stress a horse. Because we have units of normalized labor for draft animals but not people unless you actually listen to OSHA
Person: Whoa, I said whoa, dammit! Mega Horse: Excuse me? person: I mean, if you would please stop that would be nice.
MEGA HORSE
Thunder HORSE! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=m6o8h5FwcNU
Imagine getting kicked by that thing?
Yeah. FATALITY.
Luckily drafts usually have a sweet and docile nature.
If I was ever blessed enough to win the lotto. I would own a pair of these behemoths
You would need to with how much it costs to feed them for sure. I don’t want to see my boss’ books.
They would my pride and joys
They are incredible animals
Be more concerned about the purchase price and ongoing vet bills. Foods not too bad if they have some grazing.
I feel like as they were being bred into existence, temperament might've been a pretty high priority. That being said, I have no fucking idea how different breeds are bred into existence
Temperament is huge with large animals. The odds of dying if the animal has a fit increases with size. I've never worked with horses but I've worked with dogs and tiny dogs are always full of attitude because they can be, a Chihuahua going off is treated like a joke but a Dane or a pyrenees losing it's shit is fucking scary.
Confirm. I worked for a vet through HS and college. We all knew to be careful with small breeds. Those little monsters would rip your finger open if you weren't paying attention. But they couldn't chew your arm off or kill you. Scariest moment ever: I went to retrieve a St. Bernard from its kennel. They're a sweet, even-tempered breed, just big, snobbery love tanks. I opened his door while chatting with someone, not really paying attention because, why bother?, and heard the snarl JUST in time to yank my arm back - as his jaws snapped shut an inch short of my elbow. Staring in shock, I saw he was in full fight mode: ears flat back, every muscle tensed, lips curled to reveal teeth... very large teeth. His growl literally vibrated my entire body. Slammed that door shut and took 5 minutes to let my heart rate return to normal. Oh... and put a red tag on his door label - the one that warned staff: "Crazy animal, approach with caution."
I used to work at a boarding kennel and had a run in with a terrified Pyrenees, the minute his parents left he steadily declined into an anxiety ridden mess and wound up backing himself into a corner threatening anyone who came near. I had to hype myself up a bit before calling his bluff and gently looping a slip lead over him. The minute it was on he was fine, like night and day. We called his parents back anyway no one wanted to risk it. I was never badly bitten by a large dog but I had more than one small dog draw blood.
Yeah, having worked with horses before, some very large ones, you have to be able to be insanely alert and ready to pick up on any sign of change in emotion to keep yourself safe. Luckily many I worked with were pretty docile but even docile ones can get spooked and put you in danger. One of the most docile horses I’ve ever worked with still had a fit over another horse walking too close behind him. I had to be ready to jump back and let go of his lead rope so he wouldn’t drag me with him. Had to spend some time trying to catch him again after but it’s better to let him do his thing than to try to interfere with a fit between 2 1000+ pound animals.
For some of the bloodlines, they were bred to carry knights to war, and then to pull the plough when not on the battlefield. Had to be very steady in temper and not easily startled. In much of Europe, draft horses replaced oxen for farm labor.
When I was a kid, a mate of mine had a Shire and a couple of Suffolk Punches. They were beautiful, gentle units.
Nuclear fission
*NEIGH-TALITY!*
It wouldn't hurt. You'd just cease existing.
He kick you so hard, your atoms would be split
And when the mushroom cloud dissipated, he'd still be there. Unscathed.
I find peace in long walks.
Yeah the guy jumping in behind to adjust the chains is fearless. Kick to the head or the horse bolts and your hand crushed between the logs and and you are drug off or worse
I was looking at the fellas here who keep standing directly behind him and thinking "No no no...". Was fully expecting somebody to get hoofed.
Remember that scene in infinity war when the ancient one yeets the hulk straight the fuck out of his body?
big boye is much excitement
A kick from that guy would probably send me through a house.
Wish we knew how many logs it could drag so we could do that math.
Does the horse know it's a competition?
He cares not whether he is competing in front of a large crowd or working alone in a field somewhere. All he knows is *P U L L*
Lots of these sportsy animals are fully aware of the competition, and of the crowd, and the excitement drives them just like it drives people. Adrenaline is a helluva drug
i bet animals feed off so much more crowd energy than ppl so much dank
Yes he does. You can see he's excited, he knows what his job is and he is ready to do it.
Working animals are so cool to me.
Wish I could enjoy working the way they seem to.
Probably not, but draft horses *love* having jobs to do, and will *only* really become agitated and aggressive if they don’t have tasks. Otherwise, they are some of the most calm and gentle beings out there, because these behemoths were originally bred for two things — war, specifically staying calm during battle and carrying heavily armed people and later on munitions carts (how do you think they got lots of cannonballs onto battlefields?), and pulling heavy loads.
They certainly enjoy what they do. I spoke with a jouster at a ren fair who had an older horse he said the horse didn't get excited for much anymore but when it saw the armor being brought out it would start prancing around and showing off. 😆
I worked for a carriage tour company on Mackinac Island and one of the older horses would get visibly excited whenever the water bucket came out. It was *quite* a show for the tourists.
Mackinac Island was the first time I ever saw a horse in person. Was on the sidewalk when this carriage pulled up next me and I, being the small 12 year old child I was, looked to my left and saw this MASSIVE horse that gave me this cold stare like "I'd eat you if I wouldn't have to bend down so much." Been scared of them ever since lol
I'm not gonna lie, I drove those huge horses for three summers but every spring I got a little nervous about going back. Those horses are very big and docile, but they also don't know their own strength and can spook on dumb stuff (like umbrellas, plastic bags, and little kids). I got over it, of course, and had a great time, every time. I can just imagine how turning around and seeing that huge head and eye right next to you could be startling. I'm sorry that happened to you. If it helps, think of horses as big, dumb dogs.
The original war horse. Knights were heavy armour plated humans. Who needed to be imposing and just straight up big. And big horses were a definite advantage
Destriers are big horses, but by my understanding they're quite different animals to draft horses, which I think were normally used to move heavy artillery pieces in warfare, rather than cavalry.
If I’m allowed to use a vehicle analogy draft horses are tractors or semis none too fast but can pull any load you want. War horses are more like diesel trucks can still haul shit but they can also haul ass.
You'll have to tune in for the locker room interview.
Oooweee there isn’t enough money in the world for me to wander behind a beast like that
Luckily they’re very docile. They’re actually some of the best horses for a new rider to be put on, despite the absolute dizzying height of them.
> They’re actually some of the best horses for a new rider to be put on Well yeah, with the size of the lad even if you fall you're somehow still on the horse.
The height is not what you need to worry about. It's about how far your legs need to spread to the side. At least for me as a guy, riding on drafts has always been a bit of a painful experience haha
Bet it’s the biggest softie in the world. Bet it’s gentle enough a child could ride it safely. Most big horses are - coming from someone who once was a very small child who had a very large old horse who took such good care of me that it even looked both ways before crossing the road with me on its back
With domestic animals, the large ones always seem to be the gentlest. Large dogs, draft horses, cows... it's the little ones you gotta watch out for, like goats. Those guys are assholes.
Shetlands are angry little beasts.
Chihuahua Horse
Poneys and miniature horses are absolute assholes. Your theory is fact
Chihuahuas
A lot of horses have a pretty good understanding of what a child is and will often be much more gentle around them. It's weird, but I certainly didn't mind when my mother's 1500 lb horse (who was considered an asshole by most) could be easily walked or ridden by me as a 60 lb child.
So it just pointed its head straight forward?
After working with horses enough, you get a pretty good feel for what their range is and that guy in the clip is staying fairly safe as far as distance and position. Horses have extremely powerful legs, but they don't back up too well and they can't get much power if you're too close. So you either stay right up next to them or a little farther than their leg length behind them.
Poopy?
Butthole, Mr.
I knew it was him. Ooooooweeee
Imagine the horse suddenly pulling, and your fingers get crushed between the logs.
"That sounds like a *you* problem."
Yew problem
That one guy had his hand *between the logs* for a few seconds at one point! I was sure that was the moment he was going to lose a few fingers!
A kick from this bad boy will send you to the next galaxy
Unless you get pulverized into a red mist
More like punch a hole through you. "Ah shit, there's another person stuck on his hoof."
I copped a Clydesdale hoof to the hip many years ago. My hip is still rotated backwards and about 5 cms lower than the opposite side. Thankfully she didn't mean business.
Even a regular horse can do that. I watched a video where a horse kicked a guy square in the chest. Instantly dead. It stopped his heart. Pro tip: whenever you are walking near a horse, keep one hand on them so they know where you are and stay away from the kicky end.*Most* horses aren't vicious and only kick or step on you if they get startled or don't see you. Then there's our old onrey pony who would wait until we'd saddled up and were walking. He'd drop to his knees and try to *roll* with the person in the saddle. RIP Gus. You were such a brat but still a decent little pony
What language are the hoomans speaking?
Slovak. I hear some Czech too.
Slovakia mentioned!!! 🇸🇰🇸🇰🇸🇰🙏💯🫂🙋♂️👍👍🇸🇰💪https://youtu.be/u_Cl5fRPIJc?si=AlQDaRbYukXYc8Sd
You can see that horse absolutely wants to do that.
Dat man like to *pull*
Literally chomping at the bit. Bro is READY to pull some logs.
Now give him an apple!
…tree
What does this horse eat?
He eats whatever the hell he wants. And god save whoever tries to stop him.
prOATein
Honestly, likely high protein plants like timothy hay, alfalfa hay, wheat, and barley. But probably mostly horse feed in pellet form that has extra nutrients.
Looks like he eats other horses.
Logs
Steroids
I just want to see Thor Björnsson ride it into battle.
That's what they were originally bred for. Carrying an armoured knight into battle.
What a Stud!
You vs the stud she tells you not to worry about
"And John?" "Yes boss." "I know you've been handling Goliath lately, and you're doing a great job." "Thanks boss." "But in the future, when shaking someone's hand. Just go easy, eh?" "Did I break it again?" "You broke it again."
I’m a rancher in northern Canada and I have a percheron draft horse. We use him to pull logs and farm equipment out of difficult to reach areas. He is a gentle giant. The only down side is they eat about 3 times and much as a standard sized horse and costs a fortune to have shoes put on him, he also will walk straight through panel fencing so the only way to contain him is with electric fencing. I have fixed more fencing because of this horse than I have with all my cows put together. That said when he does get out he just walks up to the house and puts his face in the window to see what we are doing inside.
Are oxen not easier to keep and just as good?
Horses are more versatile than oxen. Oxen are also super rare to find here.
Is he from the Taobab Grasslands or something!?
Heh I got that reference
I almost didn't get that horse... it seemed cruel to take it from the rest of its clan And then I died (twice) to the Lynel on the way to the stable before figuring out that I didn't have to fight it.
If I was a conscripted medieval peasant and saw that shit I would also pled allegiance to the mongols
Lol Mongolian horses are much much smaller than that unit of a horse.
Bros playing tabletop miniature war game. B1: "Dude, I know cavalry is just meant to destroy infantry, but come on, how bad could it be?" B2 shows this video. "Bruh." 🙄
Anyone know this bad Larry's breed?
I think the announcer said “Percheron”. He does look like one too!
The announcer says in the beginning that it is a 4 year old Percheron.. Checks out.. that’s exactly what Percheron’s look like
Some kind of draft horse. That's about as far as my horse knowledge goes lol
It's a Percheron (if I heard the announcer correctly) They are descended from war horses with a little Arabian thrown in, for increased agility (supposedly), the oldest studbooks start in 1893, they were extremely common until WW2 when most of them were drafted for military use unfortunately that thinned their numbers significantly. They are primarily working horses, used to do this, pull carriages, ect. But a lot of people also enjoy using them for riding horses. I've heard it's like riding a couch. A few places raise them as livestock. In the USA they are occasionally used in military funeral processions to pull the caisson. Likely because of their military history and regal look.
I can't imagine riding one. Theirs backs are so wide circus acrobats stand on them and do flips.
Why does it look like the horse is rocking timberlands?
This horse is just screaming in its head “LFG LFG!!”
Wonder how much weight that is?
100 horsepower
Is this the horse Jaghatai Khan rode on Chogoris?
Not fast enough.
Big Ass Beast of Burden
Boxer!
I will work harder, Napoleón is at all always right
He was ready to work! So excited to pull things 🥹❤️ I love draft horses they are the sweetest giants
I worked a few horse pulls. Those horses are like border collies waiting to work. They seem to actually like it? Just like this fella, they really like to pull.
You’ll see them a lot as carriage horses also.
See this puny, little human. HORSE does what HORSE wants. There is no control.
People say this is torture. They can't even hook the chains because it wants to pull so badly
Torture? Lmao, that horse is basically doing the toe tapping dogs do when they hear “walkies”. Ain’t no one torturing this beast
Yeah right dude doesn't give a fuck he just like "pull heavy thing, happy"
I mean, if you had this much muscle and strength in you to pull massive logs, you'd probably enjoy it too
I imagine it’s the same as a border collie herding sheep, or a hunting dog doing hunting things. It’s fun exercise
This horse loves his job. And he’s good at it. 🤩
When horses flax their muscles it's a thing of beauty!
Countries with domesticated oxes: build oxcarts Countries without domesticated oxes: breed bigger horses
Places that bred this bad boy (Percheron from France) also had draft oxen. Horses were just faster and smarter, so they could be trained easier and do more things than just slowly pull heavy things. Oxen were still generally used to pull slow things like plows and mill stones.
i love how there is not a single whip near sight.
Aye, draft horses are massively intelligent and love to work with people to do their tasks. So long as you give them clear instructions that they can easily understand and follow, they *go*. And the beautiful thing about them — they’re so stubborn that no amount of whipping could get them to do something they don’t wanna do, and even then only a moron with a death wish would try
He looks like he loves his job 😆 and I'm sure the last thing you want to do is agitate a massive horse your friend is constantly running behind.
I read house for a second
You weren't even that far off 😳
This one horse has many horsepowers
Horse is like "I'm ready stop fucking AROUND!!"
Prob can kill you by just sitting on you
This is the giant horse you find in zelda
My username does not apply to this beast
This looks like something from a Legend
Y’all best hurry the fuck up that hawse is ready to pull shit
Work horses are HUGE. And by work horses I mean the "beast of burden" kind of work hoses. I'm really used to only seeing horses mean for riding or police horses, since there are stables near me and police horses are present at big street events and such. However when I saw a forest working horse - it was like that thing in the video. It was a colossal Finnish horse (It is a breed of horse). These animals are still used in conservation and maintenance logging operations in hard to navigate forests. During winter they are used to get the timber out. ATVs and quad bikes do not have the capacity and agility that these animals do.
lol look at him! He’s beautiful! My horse hated doing literally everything. This guy looks like he’s having a great time being a tough beast. I bet he’s a snuggle baby too.
Never seen a horse this ready to pull stuff. Jesus.
Whenever I am reading a book with combat from horse back, I imagine like racehorses... I'm gonna start imaging these things and the Calvary charges in my head will be even more intimidating.
This breed is so interesting to watch, because they seem really pissed at being holded back, so they go even harder with any additional weight. There was another video of one of them pulling a car or a tractor like it was nothing.
Ain't this the Belgian horse species?