World's tallest horse? 10ft Poe looks set to gallop into the record books

dailymail.co.uk ^ | Sept. 29, 2009 | Mail Foreign Service

[Free ThinkerNY]

He's ten feet tall with his head upright, weighs 3,000lb, and stands at 20.2 hands at the shoulder.

So is Poe the Clydesdale the world's tallest horse?

His diminutive owner Shereen Thompson thinks so - and said she wants to 'get the Guinness guys here as soon as possible'.

Poe stands 6ft 10in (80.2in) from hoof to shoulder. That is taller than the current tallest horse Remington, who was declared the official Guinness World Record holder only last week at 80in in Princeton, Texas.

Living on Ms Thompson's working farm in Tupperville, Ontario, ten-year-old Poe stands ready to inch above his rivals.

'We want to get the Guinness guys here as soon as possible,' said Ms Thompson - who is dwarfed by her gentle giant, who towers over her 5ft 3in,120lb frame.

[Gator113]

I would sure hate to have to feed that.

[GeronL]

oh boy.... a war horse!!

[taxcontrol]

yeah, I be he eat like a horse .... (sorry, could not resist)

[TexasCajun]

Keep up the hard work Poe and one day, one day you too can be a leader!

[IYAS9YAS]

Perspective is off. She’s standing back from the horse, and still looks too tall to be 63” compared to the shoulder of the horse that is supposed to be 80.2”. Something doesn’t look right.

[houeto]

Dang, looks like she’d have to climb on a house to get in the saddle!

[G Larry]

I’ll feed it if you’ll shovel after it......

[blam]

"yeah, I be he eat like a horse .... (sorry, could not resist)"

Just had to make an ass of yourself, eh?

[max americana]

Don’t we have Michelle Obama as the tallest horse nowadays?

[Gator113]

LOL.... I love horses and have always wanted to own a couple, but each time I start to feel like buying one, I figure out the feed and vet costs.... and then move on to some other silly fantasy. :>)

[TexasCajun]

Show-Off!

[Gator113]

Yep, problems at both ends of these guys. ;>)

[Gator113]

I’ll bet she could ride that and still drag her knuckles on the ground.

[Red_Devil 232]

[IYAS9YAS]

That's a better picture, thanks! The first one, maybe due to the angle, and the fact the lady was standing back, just didn't look right.

That's a huge horse!

[Scythian]

I guess it’s pretty much game over getting kicked by that thing ...

[JoeProBono]

[IYAS9YAS]

Ilove horses and have always wanted to own a couple, but each time I start to feel like buying one, I figure out the feed and vet costs.... and then move on to some other silly fantasy. :>)

Funny. It used to be that only the rich could afford cars, and the poor were stuck with horses. My how that has changed.

[Red_Devil 232]