Rural Heritage Horse Paddock

World's Largest Draft Horse
by Gail Damerow

Various boasts have been made over the years regarding the world's largest draft horse. Which horse holds the record depends on whether you are measuring height or weight. One horse reported in the late 1800s supposedly wins on both counts. Such reports cannot be verified, unless they have been accepted by Guinness. Here are some of the reported boasts:
Breed Date Height
(hands)		 Weight
(pounds)		 Name
Belgian 2007 19 2,600 Clyde
  2006 19.3 1/2 2,400 Radar
1960s 20 2,800 unknown
  1957-1979 19.2 2,850 General
1930-1948 19.2 3,200 Brooklyn Supreme
Clydesdale unknown 20 1/2 2,950 King LeGear
Percheron 1903 21 2,995 Dr. LeGear
2003 19.1 2,500 Goliath
2004 19 2,800 Jigs
Percheron x Arabian 1904 21.2 2,835 Morocco
Shire 2008 20.1 2,600 Noddy
  2007 20 unknown Tina
  1990s 19.2 2,205 King
1850 21.2 1/2 3,360 Samson
Suffolk 1930s 21 2,810 unknown
1938 19.3 2,800 Pat
unknown 1970s 21.1 2,976 Firpon

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Gail Damerow is editor of Rural Heritage magazine. If you know of other world records, please email info@ruralheritage.com


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13 April 2012 last revision