Sampson, a Shire horse gelding foaled in 1846 in Toddington Mills, Bedfordshire, England, is the tallest horse ever recorded.
Sampson, owned by Mr Thomas Cleaver, stood 21.2½ hands high (i.e. 7ft 2½in or approx 2.2m at his withers) by the time he was a four year old, when he was re-named Mammoth.
His peak weight was estimated at 3,360 lb (1,520 kg).
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Also, there was a 23hh black horse at only 4 years old. He was really pretty and VERY VERY big
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The tallest ever horse was a shire named Sampson. He was born in 1846 in Bedfordshire, England and grew to stand at 21.2hh(2.18 m), weighing one and a half ton!!! As he grew, he was renamed Mammoth!
To the person below, the average horse grows until he is 4.
There is a shire horse in Australia called Luscombe who is currently 20.1 hands and
at 6 years old, he's still growing! It is claimed he is the biggest horse in the world.
there is a shire in called noddy who is currently the world tallest horse standing at a whopping 22hh! i have met him and he is massive
In the guinness book of records is the horse Radar (still alive) the largest horse on earth. He is 2.10 meters high and is a Belgian (what is weird because the maximum height of Belgians is 1.70 meters)
EDIT: As of 2013, the tallest living horse according to the Guinness Book of Records is a Belgian by the name of Big Jake. He is 11 years old and stands 20 hands 2.75 inches (210.2 cm) at the withers.
Its name is Big Jake, he is 20 hands and two and three-quarter inches tall (six feet, ten and three-quarter inches tall, and weighs 2,600 pounds, and he is the tallest horse alive. The tallest horse ever was 21.2 hands tall (seven feet and two-and-a-half inches), was a Shire horse gelding, and had an estimated weight of 3,360 pouds. This is as of September 2, 2013.
Clydesdale's are known as the largest horse breed I believe but as for the largest horse in the world ever? It would be the Belgian horse named Radar. Radar is the worlds largest horse in the Guinness World Records. Radar weighs over 2,400 lbs!
The tallest horse in the world is Big Jake a Belgian draft horse gelding that lives in the US. he was officially measured by the Guinness World Records team and found to be 20.2 3/4 hands ( 82.75 inches or 210.2 cm.) at the withers and weighs 2600 pounds.
a shire gelding. his name was Sampson and he measured 21.2 1/2 hands (7 feet 2.5 inches. the smallest horse was named little pumpkin and stood a 3.2 hands (14 inches)
the tallest horse is 8 1/2 feet tall
Kingston, a Shire or Clydesdale I can't remember, anyways He is the tallest horse ever known at 24.7 hands high.
7 1/2 ft at the withers (a horse's shoulder).
The largest breed of horse is the Shire, averaging 17 hands high (5' 8" to the withers). They have been known to reach over 20 hands (6' 8" to the withers).
The tallest horse was Old Billy who was also the oldest horse. He was born in 1760.
The 2nd tallest is Raydar the Clydesdale! :) whee!
a shire is the worlds tallest horse, definately.You never know, sometimes a baby horse grows taller than it should.
8 ft
mr. giant hes the size of you
The tallest breed of horse is the Shire horse, which comes from England in the UK (Great Britain). This breed is 16.2hh tall at the shortest which then can range from that height to 18hh+ which is very tall. The Tallest Horse ever recorded was Sampson a 21hh tall Shire Gelding or Stallion The tallest breed of horse is the shire horse. They can stand atleast 19hh.(19 hands high.) The tallest shire horse is Sampson a shire stallion who stood 21hh.
I think it is like 23.1 hands
The Shire is the tallest horse on Horseisle2.
The tallest horse in the world measures 20.1 hands and lives in Tennessee
Everybody who has a horse will think it is the nicest horse...or maybe not. But whatever horse you get there will always be horse better than it in one factor at least!!! So no, There is no 'nicest horse in the world'.
7 feet and 2 1/2 inches
Draft horse