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Standing 20.2 hands tall at the shoulder and 10 feet tall with his head up right, 3000 pound Poe is the world’s tallest horse.
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Proudly posing to attention with his five foot three, 120-pound owner Shereen Thompson, Poe stands 80.8 inches tall, or 6ft 8 and 3/4 inches from hoof to shoulder
That is taller than the current tallest horse Remington, who was declared the official Guinness World Record holder only last week at 80 inches in Princeton, Texas.
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Living on Shereen’s working farm in Tupperville, Ontario, ten-year-old Poe stands ready to inch above his rivals.
“We want to get the Guinness guys here as soon as possible,” says Shereen.
“We have known for a while that he could be the tallest horse in the world, we just need to get the official documents that the people in London want to see.
“Poe is 20.2 hands and I know that Remington is 80 inches tall, so that means that Poe has him beat.”
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Consuming each day two bails of hay, 10 pounds of grain and 75 gallons of water Poe needs all the energy he can to support his enormous frame.
Looking like a cross between a rhino, an elephant and of course a horse, Poe belongs to the Clydesdale breed of working farm horse.
“Poe is actually a rescue animal,” admits Shereen.
“There is a much larger farm down the road and I heard that the owner there was having problems with his Clydesdale.
“It was not a case of neglect, just ignorance of how much is needed to feed a horse of this size.
“So we brought him in and began to feed him up.”
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That was in February of 2008 and Shereen explains that a horse such as Poe needs almost 18 months to rebuild his strength.
“Poe used to work in nearby London, Canada, pulling the crates of Budweiser, rather like the horses of Youngs Brewery used to in London, England,” says Shereen.
“We built him up over time and then began to realise his sheer size as he bulked out.”
Named after the famous author Edgar Allen Poe, this giant horse spends the majority of his time now running the fields of Shereens modest farm.
“We take him to fairs across Lambton County,” says Shereen.
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“He is extremely popular, but his size always means people keep a cautious distance from him.
“Although they shouldn’t as he is a real puppy.
“But he does sometime forget his strength and drags me along if he wants to play or go chasing something that has caught his attention.”
Shereen even holds out hope that Poe might actually smash the world record for the tallest horse.
“At the moment he is 80.08 inches, but he had to have his hooves filed down,” says Shereen.
“When they re-grow he could top out at over six feet eight, without shoes.”
Words by James Nye
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