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Shire stallion with bay coat.

Belgian stallion with sorrel coat and flaxen mane and tail.

Clydesdale horse

Percheron stallion with black coat.

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Field of race horses at the clubhouse turn during the 133rd running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville Kentucky May 5, 2007. Thoroughbred horse racing

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