Suffolk Horse

The Suffolk or Suffolk Punch was named after the East Anglian country. It is Britain's oldest heavy breed with historical reference dating back to 1506. The Suffolk was developed to work the very heavy clay soils of East Anglia. All Suffolk horses trace back to the stallion Crisp's Horse of Ufford, foaled in 1760 and were always bred true to color and conformation. The hind feet are set close together preventing the horse from damaging crops when working in the field. Their enormous strength made the Suffolk a favourite coach horse. The Suffolk is the most popular draught horse of all times combining a great temperament with enormous strength, soundness, early maturity, longevity and being economical to keep. The breed can also be seen in the United States, Australia, Africa and Russia. In Pakistan they were used to produce horses for the army.