Big Jake was declared the largest horse in the world on January 19, 2010, with a height of 2 meters and 10 cm at the withers. The official measurement was made at Smokey Hollow Farms in Poynette , Wisconsin , USA, thus setting a new Guinness World Record. Discover now all our trips, tours, holidays and horse trekking in the USA. It is a eleven-year-old Belgian horse, kind and playful, a bit like all giants par excellence after all. Its owner, Jerry Gilbert , who lives in Ostego in the USA, says that as a foal it already weighed 109kg at birth and has now reached the remarkable weight of 1180kg !! The huge Big Jake eats a bale and a half of hay a day and rests in a box of more than 6 meters by 6.
Horse. The noblest conquest of man. Georges-Louis Leclerc de Buffon , General History of Animals, 1749 The most beautiful equestrian monument would be a horse that had knocked the man out of the saddle. Elias Canetti, The province of man, 1973 Where can man in the whole world / find nobility without pride, / friendship […]
Royal Ascot 2018, one of the most popular events in the world, is scheduled from 19 to 23 June. Ascot Racecourse, England is almost ready to host the highlight of the European horse racing season, Royal Ascot. It was founded by Queen Anne in 1711 and eleven monarchs have taken part in it to date. […]