Posted on 03/25/2011 11:12:12 AM PDT by Red Badger
He may not be able to compete in the Kentucky Derby, but he is surely as popular as the winner.
And with appearances on Oprah and across the U.S. it has certainly been an eventful first year for Einstein, the world's smallest horse, as he approaches his birthday.
Standing just 20inches tall, the horse attracted huge media interest when he was born in April last year.
Thousands queued at a farm in Barnstead, New Hampshire for a glimpse of him, but while human interest was high, he didn't have many friends of his own breed.
Now his quest to find buddies and his life at home with owners Charlie Cantrell and Rachel Wagner in Gilmanton, New Hampshire, will be published in a new a book to celebrate his birthday.
'This has been a remarkable year for us and for Einstein,' said Mr Cantrell, 44, who bought Einstein for their small farm along with his wife Rachel.
'We are both horse enthusiasts and we decided to get ourselves a miniature horse from the renowned breeder Judy Smith at a Miniature Horse Farm in New Hampshire.
'Einstein is the smallest horse on record ever to survive and when the news got out to the media the level of interest was incredible.
'The average weight of a newborn miniature horse is eighteen pounds. The average height at birth is twenty-one inches.
Einstein is all the remarkable because he shows no dwarf characteristics and is simply a very small miniature horse.
His mother Finesse stands a relatively tall 32 inches and his dad Painted Feather measures 30 inches.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1369859/Einstein-worlds-smallest-horse-gets-set-birthday.html#ixzz1HdTsCpTI
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Looks delicious.
Horse on the left: “What is this, some kind of joke?”
What a cutie! The only thing out of size is his head, which is a bit large for the rest of him, but that doesn’t stop him from being cute. Happy Birthday to Einstein!
How much did he pay for Rachel?
How much did he pay for Rachel?
Too bad the mare on the left isn’t in season, now that would be funny...
For anyone else who clicked once and posted twice - are you using google chrome?
"I want one!"
well I’ll tell ya, as a father of 2 grown up daughters, there are millions of little girls that upon viewing this little horse will go into absolute rapture... it’s what they live for :
little... cuddly... cute..
“How much did he pay for Rachel?”
Oh, wives are quite expensive... and even more expensive to make them an ex wife!
ROFLOL! Probably not as much as they did for Einstein those miniture horses from what I’ve heard are expensive.
That little gy would make a fortune on the fair circuit!
Not as much as for the horse..............
My dog is bigger than this “horse”...LOL
I was thinking small horse, small farm and small (size) wife.
dont forget shiny and sparkley...
I was thinking small horse, small farm and small (size) wife.
Altogether now..... Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!
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