I really need a draft horse ( a good one ) Where should I look?? I live in north California.?

Question

PLEASE GIVE DETAIL! AS MANY DEATAILS YOU CAN THINK OF. Please be VERY spacific. The answers you give me would really help. Try to be your best at being spacific! Thanks

Answer 1

www.draftsforsale.com has lots of drafts. It also depends what you are planning to use a draft for...my family raises spotted draft horses for trail riding and lesson horses in addition to driving horses (www.freewebs.com/horsenaroundfarms)

also...just a spelling correction - it's "specific" not "spacific"

Answer 2

equine.com , dreamhorse.com , equinenow.com ,there are just to many to name!!!

Answer 3

If it were me, I'd pick up an issue of Rural Heritage - Tractor Supply Company carries this publication if you're in the US and near one.  Rural Heritage has a segment on RFD TV and focused on draft breeds.  You'd find a registry or a name of a trainer to start asking questions of.

Also check out websites for any breed registries - the Belgian Horse or whatever registry should be able to give you the name, either after email contact, a phone call or perhaps as a function of their websites, of a reputable breeder in your area.

Also watch the county fairs for draft shows or pulls - here in Michigan we have a draft pull at a local fair, they even have a barn only for drafts and a show for draft horses only on a certain day - one could hang out around there and ask the horsemen and women for a contact for what you are looking for.

Also here in Michigan we have a great big show at Michigan State University for a whole week for just draft breeds - they show them under saddle, in hand, pulling, etc - if there's a show like this for a large area in your state, you might find good contacts there.

Finally - this is something people don't think of - usually at farm shows or tractor shows or old threshers reunions, there are people who go to show off the old fashioned way of farming with horses - you could reach someone with drafts there - they had to get them somewhere and they could tell you who breeds to sell.

There are the websites people have suggested, but I think you'd have to search quite a bit to find something right close by you - perhaps those suggestions together with mine will find you a fit.

ps - it's "specific" not "spacific"  ;-)

Hope this helps!

Answer 4

you could try adopting a horse

there are alot on www.pmurescue.org and there are many others, just search for horse adoptions in california, they majority of pmu horses are draft so they are lots!

Answer 5

You can look on Google search!!!

Answer 6

What do you want to use it for?

You can look on www.dreamhorse.com

www.horsetopia.com

www.equinehits.com

www.equine.com

Just a few ideas...there are tons of sites...