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ABOUT US
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My name is Matthew Burks and welcome to our family website for our team of Shire and Clydesdale horses. We also have pedigree Suffolk Punches and Shetland ponies, the ponies being my nephews, Harry West. The Burks family have been involved with heavy horses for over 50 years, my father Jim Burks is a Shire Horse Society Councillor and has been on the Shire Horse Society judges panel for over 30 years. He has owned and bred Shire horses most of his life under the "Ancholmes" prefix, named after the river that flows by the family farm. We have been lucky enough to have qualified twice for prestigious Shire Horse of the Year final. I (Matthew) am 28 years old and have been bought up with heavy horses and show under the "Matthews" prefix of Shire and Clydesdale horses, as well as also showing the rare Suffolk Punch horses. In 1997 I was the National Shire Horse Show Champion young handler and was also a qualifier for the Clydesdale young handler of the year. I am a Shire Horse Society council member, being elected in March 2007 and am the youngest serving councillor at this time, where I also serve on the marketing and development committee. I am also on the Shire Horse Society judging panel and the youngest serving judge on this panel in the world. I also serve on the Clydesdale Horse Society judging panel, as well as being on the committee for the newly formed Heavy Horse Turnout Society. We usually have several horses for sale at any one time, see our for sale page or contact us with your requirements. We sell our show horses and show our horses that are for sale. We also sell flights and plaits, pig oil etc and are pleased to help any newcomers in to the world of heavy horses and showing them. We do upwards of 20 shows a year, for further information please see our show horses page and also the gallery page.
Matt 2009 South of England Show (In hand Shires and Heavy Horse turnouts) Haddenham Show (Cambridgeshire) Todmorden Show (Lancashire) Tendering Hundred Show (Essex) National Shire Horse Show - Young Handlers Alresford Show Jim 2009 Suffolk County Show (Shires in hand and heavy agric turnouts) Leicestershire County Show Shropshire and West Midlands (qualifier) Mottram Show MEMBERS OF SHIRE HORSE SOCIETY CLYDESDALE HORSE SOCIETY BRITISH PERCHERON HORSE SOCIETY SUFFOLK HORSE SOCIETY EASTERN COUNTIES HEAVY HORSE ASSOCIATION LINCOLNSHIRE SHIRE HORSE ASSOCIATION MIDLAND SHIRE FOAL SOCIETY STAFFORDSHIRE SHIRE HORSE ASSOCIATION HEAVY HORSE TURNOUT SOCIETY MIDLAND HEAVY HORSE ASSOCIATION BRITISH GROOMS ASSOCIATION |
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