American Belgian Draft

American Belgian Draft
	Belgian draft with chestnut and flaxen coloring
Conservation status	FAO (2007): not at risk; Livestock Conservancy (2022): recovering; DAD-IS (2022): not listed;
Other names	American Belgian; Belgian; Belgian Heavy Draft;
Country of origin	United States
Distribution	United States; Canada;
Use	draft work; pulling competitions; showing;
Traits
Color	usually sorrel (light flaxen chestnut); also bay, black, gray, red bay or roan;
	Equus ferus caballus;

The American Belgian Draft is an American breed of draft horse. It derives from the draft horses of Belgium but, as a result of isolation and different selective breeding, became genetically distinct from them in the early part of the twentieth century.^: 434 It is generally taller and less heavily built, and has a very different distribution of coat colors.^: 434^: 166

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