Shire horses thunder down track in British spectacle

The thunder of hooves resounded only about Britain’s Lingfield Park Racecourse on Sabbatum equally 8 huge Shire horses battled for work honours inwards a rail spectacle.

The Showerking Flying Feathers Maiden Stakes was the get-go Shire Equus caballus race to endure staged inwards United Kingdom of Great Britain as well as Northern Ireland on a racecourse.

And what a sight it was, equally the gentle giants showed their plough of speed inwards what proved to endure a closely fought competitor betwixt the get-go 3 across the line.

Joey amongst his connections later on the race.

The victor was Joey, who won all the accolades of a truthful champion.

Joey, owned past times Hurst Green Shires, was ridden to victory past times Mark Grant.

The contenders may non direct keep shown a thoroughbred’s plough of speed, but they were an impressive sight equally they pounded their agency downwards the all-weather rail inwards the two-furlong race.

The horses were all ridden past times professional person jumps jockeys, as well as took off from a standing start.

Each of the horses stood betwixt 17.3 as well as 18.2 hands as well as weighed upwards to 1.1 tonnes.

The race served to enhance awareness for the endangered breed, which features on the Rare Breeds Survival Trust’s “at risk” list.

The race was equally business office of Lingfield’s annual Countryside Raceday.

Each Equus caballus was sponsored past times a local company, amongst the coin going towards the Countryside Alliance Foundation.

All the horses were provided past times Hurst Green Shires.

Joey storms to the Pb amongst Mark Grant upwards inwards the Shire race at Lingfield.

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