Belgian draft horse from the Maryland State Fair

The Belgian horse, Belgian Heavy Horse, or Brabant is a horse breed comes from the Brabant region of Belgium. They are one of the strongest of the heavy breeds. The world's Largest Horse was a Belgian named Brooklyn Supreme, who weighed 3,200 pounds, and stood at 19.2 hands. On average the Belgian will grow to be slightly over 1 ton or 2,000 pounds. Colors normally are a blond with a brighter mane, or a sorrel/ chestnut coloring. In history their main use was to work farms, or ranches. They are considered a working horse, and wagon horse. They are able to pull tremendous amounts of weight-up to over 4,500 pounds for a pair. Today however their uses have exponentially increased. They are still used as work horses, wagon horses, but also show horses, gaming horses, and trail riding horses. Although the overall population of American drafts decline, the Belgian percentage increases.[1]. Belgian draft horse This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Belgian draft horse This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Binomial name Equus caballus Linnaeus, 1758 For other uses, see Horse (disambiguation). ... This page is just a list. ... Historically, Brabant has been the name of several administrative entities in the Low Countries with quite different geographical extent: as Carolingian shire (pagus Bracbatensis), located between the rivers Scheldt and Dijle (between 9th-11th century); as landgraviat: the part of the shire between the rivers Dender and Dijle (from 1085...

Picture of Brooklyn Supreme at Rural Heritage http://www.ruralheritage.com/horse_paddock/horse_large_bs.htm