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Good quality general health care and management of draft horses is essential for their well being and usefulness at work, whether it be in the fields or forests or on the show ground. Some common ailments and diseases are mentioned below, but the intention of this article is to steer owners on a sound course as far as their animal's welfare is concerned. Stabling Stabling is all important for the welfare of a horse. You can put a perfectly good horse into the wrong stabling and it will become a perfectly bad horse, for psychological or physical reasons, or both. A relaxed horse will digest its food properly and be much less prone to colic than one which is stressed for any reason. Stable size Modern heavy horses are larger than their predecessors. The average working horse used to be 15-16 hh (hands). Today they can be as tall as 19 hh (hands), especially show horses. The original stalls and loose boxes in old stables are frequently not big enough. The traditional concept of housing a