Talk:American Belgian Draft

message: It would be good if there was a bit more information about the breed in Belgium and its history. This feels slightly USA-centric at the moment. Bogbumper (talk) 20:28, 12 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: More information, please!

message: The Belgian horse has only been started under saddle 15 years ago. The person who started them competed them in the local rodeo. They placed higher in the events such as: barrels, poles, and others. Some people still only use them for farming. Police are now starting to use them as mounts; due to their laid-back personality and their height. They are more alert and taller, therefore you can see farther around.
Here in the United States we are trying to breed these horses to be taller and have a slightly better build. Although we have the same breed that originated in Belgium, they are much different here.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.225.18.124 (talk) 23:47, 12 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Recent 

message: I would like to point out that the Brabant Horse and the Belgian Draft are not the same breed, they are two separate breeds. The Brabant is actually one of the foundation breeds for the Belgian Draft. They look similar in build but the most noticable difference is color. The Beglian Draft is always a flaxen (sometimes mealy) chestnut, the Brabant can be many different colors including gray black and bay and can sometimes be roan as well.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kiraiko44 (talk • contribs) 05:47, 4 April 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: We originally had separate articles, but could not find any source material that showed the two breeds as distinct.  So, if you have source material that can verify this, please let us know.  Montanabw(talk) 01:01, 5 April 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: See here for the Flemish breeder's association, which says that the Brabant is a sub-type of the Belgian breed. So far I haven't really come across anything that says they are different enough to warrant separate articles. Dana boomer (talk) 01:14, 5 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Brabant and Belgian - Separate Breeds

message: I'm not sure Radar is currently the world's tallest Belgian.
According to the Guinness Book in 2013, a horse named "Big Jake" currently holds the record as the worlds tallest horse and Big Jake also happens to be a Belgian.   — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.161.90.35 (talk) 21:31, 28 May 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: If you have a link to that so we can verify it, that would be an appropriate change to make. But we DO need to see the actual source.  Montanabw(talk) 22:24, 28 May 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Updated information please 

message: "Currently, the world's tallest Belgian Draft is Radar, a gelding foaled in 1998 in Iowa. He stands at 19.3½ hands (2.02 metres) at the withers, and weighs over 2,400 pounds (1,100 kg).[3] The world's largest horse was a Belgian Draft named Brooklyn Supreme, who weighed 3,200 lb (1,500 kg) and stood at 19.2 hands (1.98 m).[4][5]"
The current largest Belgian Draft, and largest horse in general, is Big Jake http://simplymarvelous.wordpress.com/2012/09/15/big-jake-tallest-horse-in-the-world/ at just over 20 hands. The largest horse ever according to the article on draft horses: "The largest horse in recorded history was probably a Shire named Mammoth, who was born in 1848. He stood 21.2 hands (86 inches, 218 cm) high, and his peak weight was estimated at 1,500 kilograms (3,300 lb, about 1.47 tons)." 98.127.119.21 (talk) 03:37, 15 June 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  World record 

message: These were tossed from the external links section, so parking here in case they prove useful later for an article improvement drive.  Montanabw(talk) 04:55, 15 June 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Link parking 

message: Moved from my talk page:
Montanabw
I am trying to find some help, I would like to edit the links for the American Brabant Association. The Association has a page and facebook that are being monitored and are not broken links.                    The problem is that I am a 50 year old, who can successfully bake bread from scratch and spin wool but the small project of trying to fix the link without screwing anyone's stuff up seems as hard as astrophysical calculations. I have allotted two hours a day to trying to read the sandbox and learn. I don't mind doing the work just want to make sure I am doing it right and may need help even figuring it out.  Today I found the Equine and Belgian talk page and practiced in the sandbox.  Sandbox follows the lesson but the site links, part doesn't look the same.     1st thing how do I get the Belgian Draft Horse links and references to American Brabant website changed.  I am in the process of getting the history and breed standards updated on that page since much of the old site was cut and paste as well as un-cited references.  Any help or hints would be much appreciated. SueJorgensen (talk) 17:40, 16 June 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Always looking for good resources.  Keep us updated!  Montanabw(talk) 00:39, 17 June 2014 (UTC)

text: I think I figured out how to change the Association link on the Parked Links to the good link with the .net.!  SueJorgensen (talk) 14:55, 17 June 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Person who needs help 

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