Sampson (horse)
Sampson was a Shire horse gelding foaled in 1846 in Toddington Mills, Bedfordshire, England. He was the tallest and heaviest horse ever recorded, at 21.25 hands.[1]
Owned by Thomas Cleaver, Sampson stood 2.19 metres (7 ft 2 in) high by the time he was four years old, when he was renamed Mammoth.
His peak weight was estimated at 3,360 lb (1,524 kg).[2] He was gelded at approximately one and a half years old.[3]
References[]
- ^ https://modernfarmer.com/2015/12/biggest-horse-in-the-world/
- ^ Whitaker The Horse p. 60
- ^ Encyclopedia of the Horse, Norris, Carlos R., 1998, p. 174.
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