How tall is the tallest horse?


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Horse Big Jake is 9-year-old Belgian gelding from Smokey Hollow Farm near Poynette stands 20 hands, 2.75 inches - that's one quarter inch short of 6-foot-11 - from the bottom of his unshod hooves to his withers. He is confirmed as the tallest living horse. ChaCha on!

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The tallest documented horse was a shire gelding named Samson. He was 21.2 1/2 hands tall, and weighed 3,360 pounds. ChaCha on!

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Measured in hands from the ground to the horse's shoulder Cracker, a horse from UK is 19.5 hands high. Thanks for usingChaCha!!

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Noddy, who has just turned five, is the world's tallest horse, standing 20.1 hands at the withers - that's 81 inches. ChaCha on!

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