World's tallest horse visits Missoula today

The Missoulian ^ | May 8, 2005 | VINCE DEVLIN

[MitchellC]

Bahaha! :)

[hosepipe]

[ Next time a tyrant threatens the Western World the Candians can say "Hey, look out eh? We have the world's tallest horse!" ]

Does the Canadian "armed" forces use these horses to pull their TANKS.?..

[endthematrix]

"The problem, as in all warfare, is mostly one of supply and logistics. "

So true, in warefare. In battle, a Knight - rather than thinking about grain, would have worried more of the halberd, arrow and pike.

[nathanbedford]

Halberd:

A pike fitted with an axe head.

Well, in battle that would certainly get my attention. Thanks for the new word.

[JohnBovenmyer]

There's neigh chance MISTER Ed was the night-mare of the Kerry family tree. He might have taken her out as a cheap date; as the tail went he was quite a swinger. But he had way too much horse sense to mare-y into THAT family.

[SoDak]

For that one maybe, but I'm quite large myself, and I could get into the saddle on a slightly smaller version.

[mouser]

For anyone interested in draft things this is one of the best links i have found.

http://www.ruralheritage.com/

[Pajamajan]

That is a great site. Thanks.

[endthematrix]

Here is a link to the orginization I posted about earlier in the thread.

Tillers International
http://www.wmich.edu/tillers/home/


"Sharing our rural heritage with the world for a more peaceful earth."

[Inge_CAV]

Yep, and they have appetites to match their size.

And mine are nowhere near the size of this one.........

[tuffydoodle]

Thanks, Cindy! I would have missed this if you hadn't of pinged me.

You could walk under that horse without bending over.

[AnAmericanMother]

Imagine in the Middle Ages being an infantryman and seeing line of knights mounted on Percheron war horses, cresting the top of a hill about to charge against you...

That's what the French thought at Agincourt.

Turned out they were wrong.

[Junior]

Bookmark.

[AnAmericanMother]

See message 72.

Their day indeed is done.

(Except of course for mounted infantry. Used with great success in southern Africa, IIRC.)

[Mustng959]

My Dad was a horse breeder also, Tennessee Walking horses. And why was the author of the article measuring in feet/inches? I had to convert it to "hands" to get an image in my mind. Wow! 19-1 hands, what a horse!

[freedumb2003]

Holey Moley!

That is a HUGE horse

[wildehunt]

Goliath was at the Equine affaire, a trade show in Colombus Ohio last month. He was in the area devoted to youth riders.

His quiet dignity is remarkable.
He is one BIG horse..

[cajun-jack]

go to www.budweiser.com and you can read all about the clydesdale and the price and weight of the harness that each wears. Very interesting reading at budweiser.com.

[CindyDawg]

LOL. Well I can almost walk under the 15 hands anyway. Is Mount Pleasant near you? I would like to see him when he comes back to Texas.

[tuffydoodle]

I think Mount Pleasant is a pretty good drive from me, maybe 2 hours or so. I'd like to see that horse, too!