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Belgian Draft Horse

Horses and Other Equines

An American breed of draft horse that derives from the draft horses of Belgium but became genetically distinct from them in the early twentieth century, a result of isolation and different selective breeding on the American side of the Atlantic. It is generally taller and less heavily built than its Belgian ancestors, and shows a very different distribution of coat colors.

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