Use of the British Percheron

Percherons have many uses and to name a few, they are used for ploughing, logging, obstacle driving, they are shown "in-hand", in turnout and agricultural classes. Both pure and part bred Percherons have recently become a very popular choice as a riding horse.

The British Percheron Horse is ideal for cross breeding and the Society has a part-bred register. The part-bred must be 50% Percheron i.e. either out of a pure-bred registered Percheron or by a registered Percheron Stallion.

Both pure-bred and part-bred Percherons are ideal for riding. An example of this was "Flight Hill Belle" a half Shire, half Percheron mare who was the Champion Ridden heavy horse at the Shire Horse Show 2003. Flight Hill Belle went on to win the heavy horse ridden class at the East of England show 2003.

A Remarkable Dressage Horse

Percheron Part-bred Sugarlump Bravo is by a Percheron stallion out of a Thoroughbred mare and is owned by Mrs Jean Bailey of Bedfordshire.

Jean has been competing at dressage with Sugar since 1999 and he has won to date 182 points and has competed at every level up to Prix St. George. He has gained points at every level up to advanced and is about to do his first intermediate 1. Sugar mainly competes at Patchetts Equestrian Centre Herts and occassionlly at Addington's in Bucks, he competes in the open section which is the highest level.