Every day we meet a huge number of people: thin and full, high and low. Blond-haired and burning brunettes. For each natural distinctive feature of a person, the genetic code is responsible. It is thanks to him that all people are different. So among animals. Puppies of any breed from the same litter will differ from each other not only in character, but also in many other features. At exhibitions, along with the tallest horse, the smallest horse in the world can also stand, while they will have single ancestors. Surprisingly, among the representatives of this noble animal genus come across modest miniature individuals. There are a huge number of farms and centers whose main task is to breed new types of horses.
Ponies and ordinary horses
It should be noted that representatives of hoofed animals with a fluffy mane and a long soft tail are not only divided into breeds. Individuals differing in size are also distinguished. It is believed that horses whose height is less than one meter is a pony. In the USA, this parameter fluctuates. There, any horse whose height does not reach 142 cm is considered to be a pony. However, even among the seemingly smallest representatives of noble animals are their even more miniature brethren. Depending on the characteristic parameters, several dwarf families are distinguished.
The smallest horse breed is the Argentinean Falabella. The height of the representative of this “estate” does not exceed 70 cm. Moreover, the maximum registered weight is 14 kg. A distinctive feature of the representatives of these breeds is that the new generation is much smaller in size than the previous one. If, by artificial insemination, a stallion of this breed is crossed with an ordinary mare, the resulting foals will inherit the proportions of the father.
Tiny horse
The first miniature representative of the Falabella breed was an individual named Recco de Rocco. The horse had a weight of 12 kg without a hundred grams. At the same time, her height was 38 cm. After a while, this record was broken. In 1975, a sensational statement was made in South Carolina. Dr. Hemison made a public report saying that the smallest horse in the world is a stallion named Little Pumpkin (Little Pampkin). At that time, with a weight of 9 kilograms and 7 grams, his height was very tiny - only 35.5 centimeters. Such parameters were absolutely untypical even for the smallest ponies. Since then, a considerable amount of time has passed, but the miniature representatives of the glorious family now and then flicker on TV screens.
Real Thumbelina
To date, the applicants for the title "The smallest horse in the world" are four graceful individuals. The first is Tumbelin. A wide circle of viewers and fans of noble animals, this beauty is also known as Thumbelina. The horse was born in the first year of the third millennium. Her birthplace is a farm in St. Louis (USA). It was there that Paul and Kai Gesslings were engaged and are still breeding dwarf horses. It is noteworthy that at birth the weight of the Thumbelina was less than 4 kg. At that time, it was the smallest horse ever born on the farm. Of course, the owners of the fantastic miracle expressed a desire to show the world their baby. To do this, they applied to many competent authorities. The most famous among these representatives is the Guinness Book of Records team. A few years after the appearance of the horse, a group of experts conducted tests and determined that Tumbelin is the smallest horse in the world (at that time). The fame of a tiny and, like a toy, dwarf pony instantly spread throughout the planet. And then a huge number of horse breeding farms wished to grow a miniature beauty similar to Thumbelina.
Miniature einstein
The smallest horses in the world also belong to the Pinto breed. It was from this family that the Einstein stallion was born. He was born at the end of April 2010 in England. The birthplace of the miniature stallion was one of the farms of New Hampshire. At birth, the weight of the baby was an order of magnitude less than the average weight of a newborn baby - only 2.7 kg. The foal was a little over 35 cm tall. A photo of the smallest horse in the world instantly flew around the planet. Look at a fantastic miniature foal came from all over not only England, but also Scotland, Ireland and other countries.
By the way, Einstein's parents are not so miniature. His mother, Faynes, is 80 cm tall. The baby's dad's name is Painted Feather. His height is five centimeters less than the growth of his wife.
Waiting for a record
Einstein is currently the smallest horse in the world, although the record still belongs to Thumbelina. The fact is that immediately after the birth of Einstein, representatives of the worldwide and popular collection of various records turned to the owners of a miniature horse with a request to measure the stallion. However, it will be possible to declare him a winner only after Einstein reaches the age of four. Up to this point, the commission only observes the growth and development of the baby. There is very little left and the public will find out who the smallest horse is.
Einstein's owners - Charlie and Rachel - claim that their miniature pet will not be able to grow more than it is now. Among other things, the couple has already written a book about their favorite. It describes the life of Einstein with vivid and humorous details. The paper details how the foal tried to make friends. And if he perfectly succeeds in getting closer to children and adults, then his family is not particularly happy with the small animal. At the moment, the weight of the foal (despite the age, calling the baby a full-fledged stallion is somehow uncomfortable) is 28 kg.
