SOME of Britain's rarest horses have made an appearance at a North-East museum.
Visitors to Beamish Museum at the weekend came face to face with the Cleveland Bay stallion, Traquair Jason, which paraded around with his handler dressed in period costume.
They were also able to see one of the museum's mares and her foal in the stables and enjoy a display of photographs and information about the breed.
The Cleveland Bay is an old British breed, dating back to Roman times and used by farmers on the land as well as for pulling carriages.
The coming of the railways, the car and tractors sent the breed into decline and in recent years it was designated as a Category-1 rare breed by the Rare Breeds Survival Trust.
Beamish has a Cleveland Bay stud and is working to ensure the breed does not die out.
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