Shire horse

breed of draught horse
Taxon horse_breed Q40728
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Shire horse

Summary

Shire horse is a horse breed[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of horse_breed entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,080 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Shire horse was influenced by Friesian horse[3].
  • Shire horse was influenced by Old English Black[4].
  • Shire horse was influenced by Flemish Horse[5].
  • Shire horse's instance of is recorded as horse breed[6].
  • Shire horse is a type of draft horse[7].
  • Shire horse is a type of coldbloods[8].
  • Shire horse is used for animal-powered transport[9].
  • Shire horse's Commons category is recorded as Shire horse[10].
  • Shire horse's color is recorded as black[11].
  • Shire horse's color is recorded as seal brown[12].
  • Shire horse's color is recorded as gray[13].
  • Shire horse's color is recorded as buckskin[14].
  • Shire horse's country of origin is recorded as England[15].
  • 1878 marks the founding of Shire horse[16].
  • Shire horse's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Shire horse[17].
  • Shire horse's Commons gallery is recorded as Shire horse[18].
  • Shire horse has a population of {'amount': '+242'}[19].
  • Shire horse's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[20].
  • Shire horse's height is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1.715'}[21].
  • Shire horse's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11570', 'amount': '+900'}[22].
  • Shire horse's FAO risk status is recorded as endangered[23].

Why It Matters

Shire horse ranks in the top 2% of horse_breed entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,080 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding. fao-dadis-breed-detail.firebaseapp.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [7] . Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding. wikidata.org.
  3. [8] . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] . Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding. fao-dadis-breed-detail.firebaseapp.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [10] . 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] . Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding. wikidata.org.
  11. [16] . DAD-IS. fao-dadis-breed-detail.firebaseapp.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [3] . Q21694626. wikidata.org.
  13. [4] . A History of British Livestock Husbandry, 1700-1900. wikidata.org.
  14. [5] . A History of British Livestock Husbandry, 1700-1900. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . DAD-IS. fao-dadis-breed-detail.firebaseapp.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . DAD-IS. Retrieved . fao-dadis-breed-detail.firebaseapp.com. Provenance: 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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  1. 11d 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)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007538959405171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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