The new kid (soon to be) at Berry Hill Farm. A 10yo Clydesdale mare.

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Never a dull moment at Berry Hill Farm.

Great looking mare from whats to see in the pic. No doubt she will be quite happy with you.

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1985 300D 198K sold
1982 300D 202K
1989 300E 125K
1992 940T

"If you dont have time to do it safely, you dont have time to do it"

"The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not."

Nice looking horse. Is she a bit smallish and thus an acceptable riding horse?

A friend of mine up in WA state has had horses for years, operates summer riding and winter sledding excursions at present near Leavenworth, WA.

He's a big fella, about 6-5, 280 or so. Played offensive line for Woody Hayes. When I hung with him back in the late 80s his favorite riding horse was a 3/4 Thorougbred - 1/4 Belgian. I rode him once - very smooth, a bit larger than I wanted but riding just about any horse hurts my knees, dammit. Wrapped around that big rib cage doesn't work for me real well.

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1986 300SDL, 362K
1984 300D, 138K

beautiful horse, Clyde's are massive and beautiful, though I've only seen persherons (sp) in person

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1987 300TD 311,000M Stolen. Presumed destroyed

About 10 years ago, I saw an acquaintance at a fair up in Eastern WA just after he'd bought two Clydesdale mules. I was astounded. Looked a lot like Clydesdales but had the mule's ears. It dawned on me that I'd heard the phrase "draft mules" before. He uses them and a number of Belgians for logging, up near the Canadian border.

Don't you know some donkey can't believe his eyes when they bring him in, on his own platform no less, to service the high class beautiful bundle of horseflesh before him? And some Clydesdale stallions nearby are going on about "what the hell's that runt doing going in to see Shirley?

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1986 300SDL, 362K
1984 300D, 138K

They used to use them for pulling carts for milk delivery 50+ years ago.
There is an old stable her on the farm, we are always finding old horse shoes, they are that big they could have only come from a clydey.
Great animal, you may need a set of steps if you want to get up on it to ride!
In the country near here there are several tourist businesses that hire out camper carts pulled by them for people to have slow traveling holidays! Yes they make a 240D look fast!!!

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I no longer question authority, I annoy authority. More effect, less effort....

1967 230-6 auto parts car. rust bucket.
1980 300D now parts car 800k miles
1984 300D 500k miles
1987 250td 160k miles English import
2001 jeep turbo diesel 130k miles
1998 jeep tdi ~ followed me home. Needs a turbo.
1968 Ford F750 truck. 6-354 diesel conversion.
Other toys ~J.D.,Cat & GM ~ mainly earth moving

Tell us about

All the other "Horsies" in the background.

(I still hear from grandchildren of My Grandfather's Troop [In France WWI] ,
About his Demands to his men,
"Water,Feed and Curry your Horse before you take a moment of personal comfort")
"Artillery can't move on it's own, Yet"

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'84 300SD sold
124.128

Now after you have the Clydesdale, how about a dog and starting your own Budweiser ad
Great horse, well done

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Billy Connolly

First of all, that's not me in the saddle. We're getting Cherry through a relative and that pic is of him. Don't know anything about the other hayburners since that was taken up at his stables in OK and we're down here in Texas.

I positively wouldn't go into this horse business, particularly sight unseen, without the help of Doc. I have complete faith in his judgment and experience.

That said, this promises to be a whole new experience for us since we've never owned a horse but, the idea of having one here at the farm has been talked about many times. Recently, Doc was visiting us we asked him to keep an eye out for a gentle draft horse that could carry me or SWMBO (I'm about 265#) without a problem. Doc and Cherry crossed paths earlier this week at his clinic and the rest, as they say, is history.

My moo-cows will not know what to think about a horse, especially one that's at least 2X the size of the donkeys.

BTW, that was the first time the mare had been tacked up in about 7 months.

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Never a dull moment at Berry Hill Farm.

The draft mule thing has crossed my mind. Neighbor to the south has a pair of jacks...one of them is dumb as box of rocks but the other is completely different: first time you come across him, he looks you over with an inquisitive eye then comes up to meet you. Nice slick, dark coat too. Hmmm.

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My BIL in arkansas a few years back got interested in breeding mules for riding. He is an old mountain lion hunter (Arizona) and has an affinity for riding Mules.

His goal was to breed a variety of riding mules and had a whole selection of Jacks and horses varying from little Burros to very tall Jacks and from shetland ponies to Belgian Drafts. When we visited he had a new colt which was white but had swrilies in his coat which made it look as if he would turn into an Appaloosa mule. BIL was very excited about that prospect as he had never seen nor heard of an appaloosa mule.

I have always been fascinated by Mules.

I read an article about the mules they use to ride down into the Grand Canyon. The fellow in charges said that he would go through 400 mules to find only one which would be calm enough to trust on the precarious trails on the edge of the canyon. They have 200 total mules in their stable or so.

Apparently the disposition of mules can be quite diverse.

When you need heavy work done with four legs its hard to beat a mule.

Sorry for the hijack......nice Mare!

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..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

Handsome horse. Remember, a horse is a hole in the pasture you pour money into. Around here, if I can't milk it, collect it's eggs or eat it I'm not interested in feeding it.
We had a couple of Shire horses when I was a kid, big as most Clydes. Salt and Pepper. They had been used to haul a milk wagon many years before that but were long retired and mostly served as jungle gyms for the kids. They weren't ridden, but we could climb all over them, jump off, hang from their necks and have a big old time as long as we had a carrot or sugar cube for them.

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84 Euro 240D 4spd. 220.5k sold
04 Honda Element AWD
1985 F150 XLT 4x4, 351W with 270k miles, hay hauler
1997 Suzuki Sidekick 4x4
1993 Toyota 4wd Pickup 226K and counting

When Cherry gets to her new home post some more pictures please. She looks about as powerful as the horse I'm learning to ride. I started riding a real old boy - a bit like an old Land Rover Series 3. Then I got upgraded to a Ferrari (she was small but fast) - and now I ride on the new Maserati Quattroporte the riding school has just bought...

... I'm still a car nut even when it has four legs...

I used to be into horses. I got into antique Mercedes because it's a cheaper hobby.

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Whoever said there's nothing more expensive than a cheap Mercedes never had a cheap Jaguar.

83 300D Turbo with manual conversion, early W126 vented front rotors and H4 headlights 400,xxx miles
08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 22,xxx miles
88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.

Nice looking horse

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Anders

1995 E300
2015 VW TDI Sportwagen 15K
1977 240D (197K)
2002 Subaru Legacy L Wagon (115k) (Wife's)
Gone but not forgotten:
2005 Buick LeSabre
1998 C230
1984 300D
1983 240D
1981 300SD
1974 240D
1974 Fiat 124 Spider
1968 Triumph TR250