They are very intelligent and easy mannered. The flash of gait they all seem to display make them a very pretty hitch to watch working in harness. Creams are the only breed of draft to be known for keeping the tail long throughout all of their history. Most newcomers to draft horse breeds tend to make the common mistake when designing a feeding program to strive for a lean horse like what is desired in the saddle horses. American Cream Draft Horses, like other breeds of draft horse are intended to be rounded out, not lean like a sporting horse.
Creams are generally easy keepers.
On our ranch good quality grass hay that we raise here is an adequate diet and meets their dietary needs most of the year. It is very light on the Alfalfa. Alfalfa is a hot feed, and although it will give you immediate results in bulk with minimal feed, it is too hot and too high in phosphorous for long term feeding. It can cause kidney and bone problems in horses as they age if they have been kept on a steady diet of straight Alfalfa. Barney is only grained when he is hard at work and breeding, and then we are careful to not over do it.