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The phrase "draft horse" is correct and commonly used in written English.
It refers to a strong, heavy horse that is used for pulling heavy loads or for farm work. Example: The farmers relied on their team of draft horses to plow the fields.
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draft horse
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A horse used for muscular work, other than carrying a rider and/or load, such as pulling a cart, plow or log.
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Clydesdales were taken to North America about 1842 but never became a popular draft horse there.
He was referring to his 7-year-old Belgian draft horse.
There is a touch of draft horse about her battle-mount, which seems almost to be treading the observer underfoot.
My husband, Warren, loved his huge horse, Hobo, a roanish ranch favorite who is three-quarters Belgian draft horse.
He lives on a subsistence farm in Vermont that he works largely by hand and with the aid of a Belgian draft horse, Jazz.
SHIPSHEWANA, Ind .— At the weekly horse auction here, No. 274, a handsome chestnut-colored draft horse, looked at the surrounding men while being led into a small ring.
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The collapse in prices then forced the National Stud to redirect its draft horse-related activities.
Suffolk, also called Suffolk Punch, smallest draft-horse breed, which originated in Suffolk, Eng.
Clydesdale, heavy draft-horse breed that originated in Lanarkshire, Scotland, near the River Clyde.
Percheron, heavy draft-horse breed that originated in the Perche region of France.
Longer rides are available, as are horse-drawn carriage rides and draft-horse wagon rides.
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