Tallest horse alive

[tom]

A little off the Bear subject but I thought this was interesting.

Meet Big Jake a Belgian Draft horse who lives in Wisconsin.  That is one big boy !!  2600 lbs, 20 hands (6'11" tall) Yikes...


Damn... you'd need a ladder to get on him. I read this little tidbit on what he eats per day

"While there's a lot of food that could fit in that stall, Big Jake is on a strictly healthy diet, consuming 1 1/2 bales of hay and 40 quarts of oats per day".

[brobear]

As tall and probably as heavy as a really big bull moose.

[tom]

Heavier for sure.

[brobear]

If you fall off, it'll take two minutes before you land hard. 

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Oct 24, 2018 3:41:13 GMT -5 brobear said:

If you fall off, it'll take two minutes before you land hard. 

That sentence made my day. This horse is also on a healthy diet.

[King Kodiak]

Now i can really see why Brobear and Megalith have the horse as their 6th favorite animal. This is a beautiful and noble animal:

[tom]

Big Jake, the world's tallest horse, dies aged 20.

It's incredible how big he was.

Guinness World Records are saddened to hear that Big Jake, the record holder for the tallest horse living, has passed away.
The news was confirmed by Big Jake’s owners on Facebook on 28 June 2021. "It is with a heavy heart we share the passing of Big Jake. Big Jake was much more than a world record holder. He was a central part of our family," they said in the post."We feel very privileged to have had him in our lives. He truly loved people and impacted many over the course of his lifetime. We will miss you!!"

The offspring of two averaged-sized horses, Big Jake weighed 240 lbs when he was born. Although he was tall for a foal, he wasn’t exceptionally big. But he just kept on growing. His large size meant he ate two full bucket of grain and a bale of hay per day. Big Jake became a major attraction at Smokey Hollow Farm.

In a 2018 interview with us, Jerry said: "We are proud to hold the record and enjoy the people who visit the farm. We enjoy the reactions and when people leave our farm happy from the experience of seeing Jake."

Our thoughts go out to Big Jake’s family at this difficult time.

[brobear]

Big Jake ( 1971 ) John Wayne and Richard Boone. No doubt the world's tallest horse was named after the Duke.