Welcome to Wade Farm’s Royal Knight Shires. We are located in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Bedford County, Virginia which is the home of the beautiful National D-Day Memorial and Smith Mountain Lake.

We are breeders of fine registered Shire draft horses with our emphasis on conformation and keeping with the English standards.  Our horses have top quality pedigrees and excellent dispositions. We have a few drafty "old-style", but most are the modern day hitchy types. They are athletic and graceful movers.

Our foals are imprinted from birth and handled daily. We use natural horsemanship training techniques to teach our Shires to drive single, double and ride. Our goal is to make all of them traffic and parade safe by exposing them to as many sights and sounds as possible. Our Shires are happy, enjoy working and are a pleasure to be around.

Shires have been under-rated for years. Don't let anyone try to tell you that a Shire is not good enough to pull, or to do farm work, or to drive, or even to ride. If they do, they are mistaken. Shires are the best all-around draft horse out there. Their docile disposition, intelligents, and patience allows them to excel at anything they do. There are example after example of Shires doing all types of disciplines and excelling at them all.

If you would like to learn more about the Shire Draft Horse, please contact us.