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Capri
female black percheron
Capri loves to have behind her ears scratched. She also has unusually frizzy hair - we have been using Frizz Ease on her to try to control her wild mane!

The Percheron is a breed of working horse native to France, one of the most popular large breeds in the world. The Percheron was developed in the La Perche region of Normandy (Normandy) from which it takes its name.

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Dauby
male Belgian
Dauby loves his belly scratched! He also has a spot on his neck that if scratched he will almost do a bow!
His name is pronounced like the Harry Potter house elf.

The Belgian Draft horse or Belgian, also known as Belgian Heavy Horse, Brabançon, or Brabant, is a draft horse breed from the Brabant region of modern Belgium, where it is called the Cheval de trait belge or in Flemish Belgisch Trekpaard. It is one of the strongest of the heavy breeds.

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Rosie
female white Percheron
Rosie was pregnant when Bluebonnet bought her but no one knew it! she gave birth to a healthy philly, Phoebe, who lives at the ranch and is beginning her training to be a carriage horse like mom.

Only gray (white) or black Percheron may be registered in France

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Ivan
male white Percheron
Loves to be scratched between the ears. very fond of his apple/oat cookies.
Ivan is our "pretty boy" - he can often be found downtown with ribbons and flowers in his long flowing mane. He also wears a tiara.

 The British used the Percheron extensively during World War I. Beginning in 1916, over 400 purebred Percherons were imported to Britain from France for use in the military, marking the first time that purebred Percherons were imported to Britain.

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Hannah
female Belgian 
We get asked a lot if Hannah is pregnant. Nope! she's not. she's just one of the many fat happy horses we have at bluebonnet.
We joke that if Hannah IS pregnant its the world's longest pregnancy and when she finally gives birth it will be a full grown horse ready to pull a carriage!

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J.D.
male white percheron
J.D. is one of our horses in training. He's a big boy who loves attention. If you stop paying attention to him he will tug on your clothing to try to get you to go back to petting him.
J.D. is actually a registered Percheron, his full name is J.D.'s Beauty Mark.


Percherons can weigh up to 2,700 pounds or more, but average around 2,000 pounds and can usually pull twice its weight.

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Trixie
female Belgian
we have nicknamed Trixie "Farrah" because of her wild wavy mane which she loves to toss around like a 80's actress.

The world's largest Belgian Horse was named Brooklyn Supreme, who weighed 3,200 lb (1,500 kg) and stood at 19.2 hands (1.98 m)

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Jake
male white percheron
Jake is another of our horses in training. He currently spends his time working on his training at the ranch and spending time with Phoebe, Rosie's baby, who he shares a pasture with. We sometimes have a hard time telling J.D. and Jake apart.



One of the tallest horses on record was a Percheron named Dr. Le Gear. He was foaled in 1902, stood 21 hands and weighed 2,995 pounds!

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Susie
female white percheron
Susie is our delicate little flower, the smallest draft on the Bluebonnet farm. But never underestimate her size! She's a little spit fire when it comes to pulling her carriage and can keep up with the Big Guys!
Susie has a moustache which was once believed to be a sign of good luck.

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Mack
male white percheron
nicknamed "Big Mack" he can normally be found downtown pulling a purple and white Cinderella carriage. Mack is camera shy! He and Ivan are trained to pull a carriage in a team together. It's a running question around Bluebonnet which is the evil twin? Ivan or Mack? only they know for sure!
Mack also "sleeps on command" -- when his normal driver Jeremy is on the stand and says "Mack sleep" Mack will cock up his hind leg and go into rest mode.

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Seymour
male Belgian
Seymour is a spirited young fellow! He doesn't like when cars pass him and often will "reeve" his engine (paws at the concrete and snorts) at stop lights like he wants to race. Seymour is also saddle trained.

Belgian horses are able to pull tremendous weights. At the National Western Stock Show in Denver, Colorado, a team of two horses in the Heavyweight class pulled 17,000 pounds a distance of 7 ft 2 in. The 2 horses weighed 4,800 pounds.

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Tucker
male black percheron
Tucker will back up himself and his carriage to snag a snack from his driver. Tucker is trained to do Team driving with our other black percheron, Capri, and they've been called Laurel and Hardy because one is tall and skinny while the other is short and stout.

By the 1930s, Percherons accounted for over 70% of the purebred draft horses in the United States