[SydneyandStorm]

Back to our Around the World event! Now for a close cousin of the Shire: a Clydesdale, Scotland born ^^

For anyone who doesn't know, the Around the World event will have two horses of the same breed from each major region that has made a significant equine breed contribution. Because I will die if I have to make 392 horses for this event, only the regions/countries in which a recognizable breed has been produced will be included; this does not mean your country doesn't count! I just have to keep the horses restricted to the major ones, especially those we don't already have in our sim yet ^^

To win this girl, tell me one difference between Shires and Clydesdales and give her a good name. Best difference and name combination wins! I'll be judging this on February 25th.

Username: OutFoxed
Barn: Foxtail Stables
Registered name: N/A
Show name: Highland Rose
Call name: McKenna
Gender: Mare
Age: 7 years
Height: 18.1 hands
Breed: Clydesdale
Discipline: Carriage driving

Head: 13
Neck: 8
Shoulders: 6
Forelegs: 7
Chest: 15
Barrel: 3
Hindquarters: 5
Hind legs: 13
Feet: 6
Action: 14
Coat: 13

Intelligence: 6
Willingness: 8
Trainability: 2
Natural talent: 13
Training: X

Attitude: Amiable

Primary association: None
Secondary associations: None

Breeding fee: N/A
Breeding status: Private
Breeding success rate: 72%

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[brindle.]

Username: farouche
Barn: Flying Creek Stables
Registered name: N/A
Show name: FCS Lets Play A Game
Call name: Genna
Gender: Mare
Age: 6 years
Height: 18.1 hands
Breed: Clydesdale
Discipline: tbd
Breeding fee: tbd
Breeding status: private
Difference:To begin at the submicroscopic level, their genetic makeup is different. Clydesdales are a Scottish origin breed, and Shires are English.

[razzberry]

Username: RazzBerry
Barn: Cardinal Crest Equestrian Center
Registered name: N/A
Show name: CC Talk About Timing
Call name: Genova
Gender: Mare
Age: 6 years
Height: 18.1 hands
Breed: Clydesdale
Discipline: tbd
Breeding fee: n/a
Breeding status: Private
Difference:
Shires have the potential to be bigger with a longer stride, and are mostly black although grey, bay and brown are acceptable. Clydesdales are slightly smaller, and with a more vertical action, usually bay, brown or black, with a lot of roaning apparent and greys

[OutFoxed]

Username: OutFoxed
Barn: Foxtail Stables
Registered name: N/A
Show name: Highland Rose
Call name: McKenna
Gender: Mare
Age: 6 years
Height: 18.1 hands
Breed: Clydesdale
Discipline: TBD
Breeding fee: N/A
Breeding status: Private
Difference: The reason that they can be difficult to tell apart is because they are bred for similar purposes; Power and Strength. In Shires, their taller stature was prioritized, while the Clydesdale was given higher importance to their flashier way-of-going. Clydesdales and Shires have lengthy histories with interbreeding commonplace. The breeds have influenced each other so much that the Shires now showcase more action in their knees/hocks, and Clydesdales are taller. Conservative coloring is still highly regarded in the Shires whereas Clydes are represented with bolder looks - the sabino gene is prominent. Another interesting fact on the genetic level is that Clydesdales have a gene/or DNA pattern, that produces heavier feathering.

[SydneyandStorm]

Username: OutFoxed
Barn: Foxtail Stables
Registered name: N/A
Show name: Highland Rose
Call name: McKenna
Gender: Mare
Age: 6 years
Height: 18.1 hands
Breed: Clydesdale
Discipline: TBD
Breeding fee: N/A
Breeding status: Private
Difference: The reason that they can be difficult to tell apart is because they are bred for similar purposes; Power and Strength. In Shires, their taller stature was prioritized, while the Clydesdale was given higher importance to their flashier way-of-going. Clydesdales and Shires have lengthy histories with interbreeding commonplace. The breeds have influenced each other so much that the Shires now showcase more action in their knees/hocks, and Clydesdales are taller. Conservative coloring is still highly regarded in the Shires whereas Clydes are represented with bolder looks - the sabino gene is prominent. Another interesting fact on the genetic level is that Clydesdales have a gene/or DNA pattern, that produces heavier feathering.

Congrats, OutFoxed! I loved the detail you went into here with the differences and how thorough you were, and the details themselves were quite interesting and well researched ^^

[OutFoxed]

Thank you!

I loved reading up on them - and realized how ignorant I was. The two breeds are so similar and varying. Some users on the forums I used for research said the only way to tell was what was on the papers XD. I also learned that they are often disguised as each other in breed hitches (a clydesdale-y shire will be put in a Clyde four horse hitch if they are in need of a fourth member and vice versa) which I thought was funny.

[OutFoxed]

McKenna will be trained in Driving.
Competed in Driving and Hunters.

May I train please?

[SydneyandStorm]

Haha, I didn't know that! Certainly makes sense, though ^^

McKenna did not earn any additional points during training.

[OutFoxed]

May I train her please?

[SydneyandStorm]

Done on her new training page cx