Judging Percherons Try your hand at judging this class of Percheron Geldings. For your convenience, here is the standard as posted on the website of the American Percheron Horse Association. Percherons range in height from 15 to 19 hands.  They can wiegh up to 2600 pounds, with the average being about 1900.  Percherons are noted for heavy muscling in the lower thighs and for an aspect fo unusual ruggedness and power.  Also characteristic of the Percheron is the clean action and quality conformation of the feet and legs.  An ideal horse should have a fairly long, level croup with a big round hip. He should be close coupled and wide and deep through the chest with plenty of back rib.  The muscles of the arms, forearms, croup and gaskins are especially emphasized in a good drafter and ease and balance of gait is essential.  The Percheron head and neck are typical of the most attractive draft horse character.  Good Percherons have a large and full prominent eye, a broad and full forehead, and a straight face.  His strong jaw and refined ears attractively set and carried with animation, suggest his Arabian ancestry.  Stallions should have a ruggedness about the head, and mares should have a feminine look.

This is horse number one, Bob 1.

Bob again, front and rear views 1.

This is horse number two, Ben 2.

Ben again, front and rear views 2.

This is horse number three, Stoney 3.

Stoney again, front and rear views 3.

This is horse number four, Sammy 4.

Sammy again, front and rear views 4.

Ok, have you decided?  Place the horses first through fourth, and then click here to see how they were placed in real life!