A farm has sold a second shire horse to the Household Cavalry - which acts as guardians for the royal family. Celt was sold 11 years ago and is now drum horse, performing in ceremonies such as ...

Juno has become the first mare to be named Household Cavalry Drum Horse Shire horse Juno has become the first female to be named Household Cavalry Drum Horse Formerly called Willa Rose ...

The largest and tallest horse on record was a Shire gelding called Sampson (later renamed Mammoth), who measured 21.5 hands and nearly 3,000 pounds (1360 kg) in 1846. Most Shire horses are ...