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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I want one too, but the local county ordinances say “No animals may be kept in residential areas that are normally considered ‘farm animals’ “................
The media asked Einstein if he could sing his national anthem and Einstein said, “I would, but I’m a little horse.”
Is Thumbelina out of a gig then?
aw man.....
“Aim low, boys!”
“No, lower.”
“Keep goin’...”
A lot of those ordinances were passed when pot-belly pigs became popular.
EINSTEIN: We sure shook the ground on that run, didn't we?
I think ours was, too.
I’d like to have some chickens, though..........
LOL
Wouldn’t even make a good taco!
Thumbelina is a dwarf horse.
This horse shows no dwarf characteristics..............
But wasn’t the claim merely that Thumbelina was the world’s smallest irrespective of breed?
What a little cutie!
Yes, I believe so.
She and Einstein should get together for .......lunch...............
Smart as a horse.
Hung like Einstein.
Wonder what size shoe Einstein takes??
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.
How do you find a Cowboy small enough to break it?
I guess I agree....this is fooling with Mother Nature to produce a freak....
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