This is Powerhouse.
He's a percheron, and he stands 18 hands tall and weighs a ton. Literally. He's seven. It's his first State Fair.
He's normally pastured with cows and gets a little excitable when there aren't any around, so they keep Percy & Carter, the oxen, out when they bring Powerhouse out, so he stays calm and brave for his bovine pals.
Tom, the percheron who'd been there every Fair since I can remember, wasn't there this year. He'd be 24 now, so probably about retirement age for a draft horse.
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