Among these were a significant number of coloured Shire horses.
By the 1950s the shire horse had practically ceased to exist.
There was also a display of huge shire horses, so beautifully groomed.
And although tractors could do the work in a fraction of the time, the shire horses have advantages too.
The sight of the shire horses is well known in Devizes and has become a defining image for the town.
Their idea of advanced machinery was the plough which the shire horses pulled.
The term "Shire horse" was first used in the mid-17th century, and incomplete records begin to appear near the end of the 18th century.
They are led by two musicians on large Shire horses used as drum horses.
They were as sportive as a pair of shire horses.
As one of the commentators commented (something) to the effect that he was driving a team of shire horses.