It is the first time in 40 years that a horse and carriage has appeared on the streets of Paris just like in Florence, Rome, Vienna, Montreal or New-York.

Shires
The Shire horse is a draught horse, with powerful and muscular build, a dense rounded body, a broad back, strong loins, powerful hind-quarters, and long legs with dense bones. The Shire horse is descended from the Great Horse brought to England in 1066 by William the Conqueror. The Great Horse was referred to as the destrier and is the best-known war horse of the medieval era. It carried knights in battles, tournaments, and jousts. From this medieval horse came an animal called the Old English Black Horse in the 17th century. When the pedigree society was founded in 1878, the name was changed to English Cart Horse and six years later, the name was again changed to Shire.

Percheron
Like many old breeds, the Percheron's exact origins are unknown, but it is said that its ancestors were crossbred between the heavy "forest horse" type of animal native to northern Europe and the Arabians that were brought to Europe by the Moors. Percherons probably owe their size and weight to their ancestors' use as battle mounts during the Middle Ages. In North America the Percheron was used extensively for draft work and transportation in the French colonies of Florida and the Louisiana Territory. After the invention of gunpowder, heavy war horses were no longer needed, so the Percheron took up its new job pulling heavy French stagecoaches. With the invention of the railroad, Percherons switched to farm duty and heavy labor.

Shires
A horse and buggy (in American English) or horse and carriage (in British English) refers to a light, simple, two-person carriage of the 19th and early 20th centuries, drawn usually by one or sometimes by two horses. Also called a roadster, it was made with two wheels in England and the United States, and with four wheels in the United States as well.