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My REALLY little pony: Einstein, the world's smallest horse, gets set for first birthday
Daily Mail UK ^ | Last updated at 5:25 PM 25 March 2011 | By Daily Mail Reporter

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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To: dfwgator

I want one too, but the local county ordinances say “No animals may be kept in residential areas that are normally considered ‘farm animals’ “................


21 posted on 03/25/2011 11:30:53 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

The media asked Einstein if he could sing his national anthem and Einstein said, “I would, but I’m a little horse.”


22 posted on 03/25/2011 11:31:07 AM PDT by patriotsoul
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To: Red Badger

Is Thumbelina out of a gig then?


23 posted on 03/25/2011 11:31:41 AM PDT by relictele
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To: patriotsoul

aw man.....


24 posted on 03/25/2011 11:33:45 AM PDT by txhurl
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To: patriotsoul
The media asked Einstein if he could sing his national anthem and Einstein said, “I would, but I’m a little horse.”


25 posted on 03/25/2011 11:35:19 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Red Badger

“Aim low, boys!”

“No, lower.”

“Keep goin’...”


26 posted on 03/25/2011 11:37:25 AM PDT by Hunton Peck (See my FR homepage for a list of businesses that support WI Gov. Scott Walker)
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To: Red Badger
“No animals may be kept in residential areas that are normally considered ‘farm animals’..."

A lot of those ordinances were passed when pot-belly pigs became popular.

27 posted on 03/25/2011 11:39:34 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: Red Badger

EINSTEIN: We sure shook the ground on that run, didn't we?

28 posted on 03/25/2011 11:40:05 AM PDT by savedbygrace (But God.)
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To: Joe 6-pack

I think ours was, too.
I’d like to have some chickens, though..........


29 posted on 03/25/2011 11:41:06 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: dfwgator

LOL


30 posted on 03/25/2011 11:42:17 AM PDT by Scythian
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To: kbennkc

Wouldn’t even make a good taco!


31 posted on 03/25/2011 11:43:05 AM PDT by FrogMom (There is no such thing as an honest democrat!)
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To: relictele

Thumbelina is a dwarf horse.
This horse shows no dwarf characteristics..............


32 posted on 03/25/2011 11:43:39 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

But wasn’t the claim merely that Thumbelina was the world’s smallest irrespective of breed?


33 posted on 03/25/2011 11:47:32 AM PDT by relictele
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To: Red Badger

What a little cutie!


34 posted on 03/25/2011 11:47:41 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: relictele

Yes, I believe so.
She and Einstein should get together for .......lunch...............


35 posted on 03/25/2011 11:49:29 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: patriotsoul

Smart as a horse.
Hung like Einstein.


36 posted on 03/25/2011 11:51:22 AM PDT by eddie willers
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To: eddie willers

Wonder what size shoe Einstein takes??


37 posted on 03/25/2011 11:53:10 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: kbennkc

He’s so cute.My dobie/German Shepard mix is bigger then him by a long shot.Imagine that I could actually have a horse on my property as long as be was that size.Though He’ll never win the Kentucky Derby.


38 posted on 03/25/2011 11:53:41 AM PDT by puppypusher (The World is going to the dogs.)
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To: Red Badger

How do you find a Cowboy small enough to break it?


39 posted on 03/25/2011 11:54:48 AM PDT by NavyCanDo
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To: Red Badger
Someone said on a blog....Not fair to the horse...

I guess I agree....this is fooling with Mother Nature to produce a freak....

40 posted on 03/25/2011 11:55:47 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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