Say “show animals” and most people picture dogs, not draft horses. But the World Percheron Congress is first and foremost a venue for showmanship. This year, more than 700 horses from more than 120 ...

Courtesy photo Terry “Woody” Woodring said he typically raises three or four Percheron horses a year at Diamond Lane Farm in Bakers Summit, and he sells his horses at the four major draft horse sales ...

PERU – Parker Shinn knows a little something about Percheron draft horses. After all, he’s been raising and breeding them for nearly 50 years on his 80-acre farm in southern Miami County, just south ...