IT IS Scotland’s most iconic and distinctive horse, a beast which powered industrial and agricultural revolutions and helped to win the First World War.
Now a plan to save the Clydesdale horse in its homeland has been revealed in a new BBC Scotland feature-length documentary to be shown next week.
The film, Clydesdale: Saving the Greatest Horse, reveals how the breed is entering the “vortex of extinction”.
Once exported from Scotland all over the world, the current small size and relative isolation of the population has impacted on its genetic diversity.
Classed as “vulnerable” in the UK by the Rare Breeds Survival Trust, urgent action is needed to halt its decline.