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Sammy the shire horse had recently lost her own foal when the thoroughbreds, whose own mothers had died, were brought into her care.

From BBC • Jun. 15, 2023

More recently, his works have also provided a fertile shire for nationalists who see themselves in his heroic archetypes.

From New York Times • Sep. 21, 2022

“Water is sour, the air is lonely here / And all the noises of this natural shire / From stable or from sty are not enough,” Mr. Howard wrote in one poem.

From Washington Post • Apr. 1, 2022

A baseball cap was a take on a horse-riding helmet alongside a flared pant with a fringed hem cleverly resembling a shire horse’s leg.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 29, 2021

There were dappled Percherons from France and shire geldings of tremendous size built to bear the weight of men in armor.

From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli