Jody Morton, the buyer of Bugs, the 6-foot-4, 2,200-pound Percheron horse, made headlines after a Victorville, California couple accused Morton of breaching their horse purchase and sale agreement.

Donahe stables her two gray Percheron mares, Diva and Josie, at home in Lago Vista. The horses, native to northern France, can measure up to 18 hands, equivalent to 6 feet tall, and were ...