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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You ought to move to Louisiana, lol. I think they're more popular pets than dogs in some of the towns here!
I’ve seen a little horse like that. They’re really amazing. :)
I believe that our outdoor attack cat, in charge of mice control, is larger that that.
I guess that, since I live in Barnstead, I should go take a look. In truth, that’ll happen only if the wife forces me.
Besides, around now he’d be buried under a couple of feet of snow!
Hyracotherium redivivus!
I wouldn’t call it a ‘freak’, a throwback maybe. Fossils show horses were much smaller than today’s horses way back..............
http://chem.tufts.edu/science/evolution/HorseEvolution.htm
I was going to send the picture to my grandaughter (aged 4) but thought better of it. She would badger my poor daughter for a month for one.
Translation, please. My Latin is inadequate.....
Trillions will be made when we achieve the ability to miniaturize animals.
Elephants the size of beagles will sell like big macks.
It is inevitable.
What is that pic? It’s been posted twice................
See the teeny tiny giraffe??
I hope he lives longer than Knut or there will be a lot of sad people.
The prehistoric genus Hyracotherium is also known as "Eohippus" and is considered the oldest known horse. They were about the size of a dog. :)
Leni
It’s from a DirectTV Ad Campaign where some Russian magnate (of some type). And one of the things he owns is a tiny giraffe.
That's all the monkey business you'll get from me today.
I LOVE that commercial.
The actual dogs playing poker in the background are my favorite.
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