Beautiful Horse

Guess what this beautiful breed of horse is bred for?

Answer is below.

Beefy Horse

What did you guess he was bred for? Does this full view show the breed off better?

I would have guessed him to be a heavy load draft horse.

Wikipedia says the breed was a 1200 pound (good size for an adult human to ride) military horse, but is now bred as a 2,000 pound meat animal. They eat horses in Europe.

See the steer's head along the left edge of the photo? Is that how Hindus view us eating cattle? Like I feel about breeding these horses for food?

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http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cheval_ardennais_01.jpg