Meet Big Jake and Thumbelina: The tallest and smallest horses in the world

Fox 6 Now ^ | MAY 24, 2018 | CNN WIRE SERVICE,

[Rebelbase]

NEW YORK — Horses come in all shapes, colors and sizes. From the Falabella miniature horse, to the tall British Shire. And just like horses that hold records for being the fastest, there’s also a record set for the tallest and the shortest horse.

Big Jake became famous in 2012 after he was crowned the tallest in the world by the Guinness World Records. While he’s not a Shire, he comes from a breed that’s admired as one of the strongest and heaviest among draft horses: the Belgian.

[snip] And then there’s Thumbelina, the world’s smallest horse — a miniature sorrel brown mare.

In 2002 she made history with the Guinness World Records after measuring 44.5cms (17.5 in) tall. She was born with dwarfism at Goose Creek Farm in St Louis, Missouri.

“When she was born she literally was 6 inches tall,”

Thumbelina’s handler, Michael Goessling, tells CNN Sport.

“I thought there was a possum in the stall — it was just so tiny and then all of a sudden she stood up and I couldn’t believe what I was seeing.”

[Rebelbase]

I was going to post an article about the man who became a millionaire selling fake dog testicles but thought the horse story was cuter. Here's the link instead.

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/22/neuticles-testicular-implants-for-dogs-have-made-gregg-miller-rich.html

[eastforker]

That’s a Hoss Cartright or a Matt Dillon horse right thare.

[lee martell]

The photo reminds me of Jim Comey & Loretta Lynch.

[rfp1234]

They would fit McConnell and Ryan, too. He should branch out into the congress critter market.

[Defiant]

Were you somehow limited to one or the other? If you were, you made the right choice.

[Publius]

I enjoyed my five years of horseback riding on weekends. Horses are some of the sanest people I know.

[Rebelbase]

Limited by laziness.

[Deaf Smith]

And the testicles he named “The Clackers”...very late 60’s reference if any one remembers those...Clackers.

[texas_mrs]

I’ve seen this before. I believe they are called nueticals? LOL.

[siberianheat]

In before mention of the Shire and Baggins’s in the voice of the Ring Wraiths.

[PGalt]

Somewhere in between is John F’n Kerry.

[philman_36]

For reference.
Heavy cavalry for knights/lancers in the day.
A line of 200 armored, trained draft horses.

[riverrunner]

That’s one big horse.