This 54-minute download intimately introduces the viewer to these gentle giants the Clydesdale horses. They were the power source for much of the industrial and agricultural revolution for two hundred years.

This nostalgic and authentic film about the Clydesdale horse and the Horseman captures
how the Clydesdale horse was the main power source in agriculture for almost 200 years
• the Little Grey Fergie tractor took over most of their work from 1940s
• the foal and its mothers’ pride
• the life cycle of the Clydesdale horse and the work it did
• the young Clydesdale being harnessed and trained for the first time
• how the work the Clydesdales did was performed from simple carting work to highly skilled precision riding of the Clydesdales
• the ritual of the "Horseman's Word" which included an initiation ceremony taking the young farm loon into the horseman's fraternity. This made him a man, with power over horses and women.
• the skills of the horseman as he forms a working relationship with his horses
• how all the farm tasks were done using the Clydesdales prior to the introduction of the Fordson and Ferguson tractors
• commentary on other tasks the Clydesdale horse made to the Scottish society
• the contemporary splendour and fascination of the Clydesdale horses is celebrated as they are exhibited at the Royal Highland Show