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Shire horse

breed of draught horse
Taxon horse_breed Q40728
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Summary

Shire horse is a horse breed[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of horse breed entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,421 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Influenced by: Friesian horse[3], Old English Black[4], Flemish Horse[5]
  • Subclass of: draft horse[6], coldbloods[7]
  • Has use: animal-powered transport[8]
  • Commons category: Shire horse[9]
  • Color: black[10], seal brown[11], gray[12], buckskin[13]
  • Country of origin: England[14]
  • Inception: 1878[15]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Shire horse[16]
  • Commons gallery: Shire horse[17]
  • Population: 242[18]
  • Described by source: Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[19]
  • Height: 1.715 m[20]
  • Mass: 900 kg[21]
  • FAO risk status: endangered[22]
  • Breed belongs to taxon: horse[23]

Why It Matters

Shire horse has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

Related Entities

England

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding. wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding. fao-dadis-breed-detail.firebaseapp.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] ↑ . Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding. wikidata.org.
  6. [11] ↑ . Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding. wikidata.org.
  7. [12] ↑ . Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding. wikidata.org.
  8. [13] ↑ . Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding. wikidata.org.
  9. [14] ↑ . Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding. wikidata.org.
  10. [15] ↑ . DAD-IS. fao-dadis-breed-detail.firebaseapp.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [3] ↑ . Q21694626. wikidata.org.
  12. [4] ↑ . A History of British Livestock Husbandry, 1700-1900. wikidata.org.
  13. [5] ↑ . A History of British Livestock Husbandry, 1700-1900. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . DAD-IS. fao-dadis-breed-detail.firebaseapp.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . DAD-IS. Retrieved . fao-dadis-breed-detail.firebaseapp.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 9d ago · Putnik · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gnd id → 7578806-8
    Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id → sairai
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'commons', 'cs', 'cv', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'et', 'fi', 'fr', 'h
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id: sairai"
  2. 20w ago · Amélie E. Pereira · 2026-06-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Breed belongs to taxon → horse
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Breed belongs to taxon: horse, Horse breeds are horse taxon ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/567ee1b348a|details]])"
  3. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Color → black, seal brown, gray +1
    Inception → +1878-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Influenced by → Friesian horse, Old English Black, Flemish Horse
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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