Shire horses

Father and sons fined for causing suffering to shire horses

Two show judges will have their horses returned to them - despite being ordered to pay thousands of pounds for causing suffering to the animals

Firefighters rescue a Shire horse from drowning

Jeremy, a one-ton gelding, was submerged up to his neck in a pond and had to be hauled out by specialist fire crews

Shire horse injures spectators at steam rally

The horse was being paraded in the arena at the Hollowell steam rally when it was stung by an insect and bolted into the crowd

The Queen honours retiring Royal Parks Shire horse

Nineteen-year-old Jed has retired to The Horse Trust after 10 years service with The Royal Parks Agency

Shire Horse Show will be the world's biggest ever

The world's largest gathering of shire horses takes place at East of England Showground from 16-18 March

Close-knit group of heavy horses finds home at Norfolk sanctuary

Redwings, which is running at capacity, made a special exception for the three shires, as it did not want to see the group separated

Redundant shires will move to Norfolk animal sanctuary

Darcy and Murdoch will move from the Moorside Road museum, where they pull visitors around in a wagon, to the Hillside Sanctuary's visitor centre in Frettenham, Norfolk on Friday

Comberton Clancy is HOYS supreme horse of the year

The riding horse champion was crowned supreme horse of the year for Jayne Webber at HOYS

Pregnant Shire stuck in seven-foot deep cess pit overnight

A four-month pregnant Shire has been winched from a cess pit after falling through a concrete cover at Moss, near Doncaster

Live webcam shire foal birth ends sadly for viewers

The long-awaited birth of the National Trust's shire Queenie's foal took place last night, but the foal died soon after

'Miracle' operation restores blind shire foal's sight

Vets advised owner to put blind foal down at birth, but a pioneering procedure means that Mary Anne can now see

Shire mare fosters Lusitano colt after his dam dies

Barley Mimms Lady Sarah, who lost her own foal at around the same time, was matched with the colt by The National Foaling Bank charity

Get advanced tickets for a Shire horse spectacular

More than 200 Shire horses will be taking part in the world's largest Shire horse show in March

Traditional ploughing match takes place in Cambridgeshire tomorrow

Around 85 ploughmen and their horses will take part in the Royston District Ploughing Match, which has been running since 1948

Shire horses to parade at Britain's favourite seaside towns

Shire horses Wainwright and Midas from Daniel Thwaites brewery will be touring Britain’s seaside towns over the next two weeks

Runaway York Shire horse to retire from tourist work

A Shire horse that bolted through York city centre in May, forcing shoppers to jump to safety, has been retired.

Shire horse stampedes through packed tourist streets in York

A bolting shire horse scattered tourists and shoppers when it galloped though central York on Sunday

Liverpool’s cart horse monument is unveiled

A sculpture of a working Shire horse was unveiled at Liverpool docks on Saturday to commemorate the horses’ efforts during the Second World War.

Shire horses to greet visitors at National Brewery Centre

Name the centre's new yearling shire colt and win an annual family ticket to the attraction

Shires equestrian backs young event rider Alice Pearson

22-year-old event rider Alice Pearson is the latest to join the Performance Rider Programme run by Shires