As per my earlier post.
Mar. 22nd, 2007 07:08 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
synnoveaevaelThumbelina & Goliath Radar.
Radar stands at 6'7". Thumbelina, is 40 times SMALLER than him.
I love the look on Radar's face. Like "is this a HORSE!?"
This is for the Guinness Book. :)
Radar stands at 6'7". Thumbelina, is 40 times SMALLER than him.
I love the look on Radar's face. Like "is this a HORSE!?"
This is for the Guinness Book. :)
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Date: 2007-03-23 02:48 pm (UTC)BTW, what kind of horse is Goliath? He's one big mo fo.
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Date: 2007-03-23 02:50 pm (UTC)anyrate, he's a belgium draft horse :)
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Date: 2007-03-23 04:32 pm (UTC)Ask Kim, she's the expert. :)
J.
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Date: 2007-03-23 04:37 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-03-23 07:10 pm (UTC)And what's this six foot seven shit that Guinness keeps feeding everyone. Convert it into hands like it's supposed to be. We're looking at a horse that is 19 hands and three inches. That's a big horse. That's a much bigger horse than appears in this photo. Also for what it's worth there are other horses out there over 20 hands as a rule. Maybe my math is wrong so I am gonna the basics so you can double check it for me but every hand is four inches. And so there are three hands in one foot. So from 6'7" I got 19.3. That's a typical height for a draft horse. I mean, yeah, a little big for a Belgian but not gigantic. I'll do more research on draft sizes and get back to yeah but Guinness, you need to hire me.
And notice the carriage horse in the background. Its obviously pulling something and yet the horse isn't hitched to anything. Also it's your typical light breed horse. Probably a discarded Standardbred racehorse. I think this photo has been doctored and Thumbelina put in central park with cart horses or even photographed there while doing her charity work. That "Belgian" looks an awful lot like a Percheron cross very popularly used as carriage horses to pull tourists around with. My thought is that this not the actual photo that is going into the Guinness book of world records. For a few reasons. One, they want you to BUY the book so they wouldn't release the photo. Two, there are far better angles to take a photo of a horse from to make it look mammoth sized. This is NOT one of them. The photo wants to illustrate that vast difference between the two equines and this one does not do it. And three it's just a shit photo. The composition sucks. I hope this is not what they're including in their professional book. Looks like sidewalk press stuff to me.
And this myth is busted :D Muuuwhahahahahaha! You can't fool me! I'll debunk any horse myth, anywhere, from anywhom!
Oh...and if you wanna see and read about what a Belgian really is go here. It's just a quick link I dug up but it's pretty acurate:
http://www.imh.org/imh/bw/bel.html
You don't mess with the one time individual local AND regional horse bowl high point champion, bitches! I went to States! I coulda won two if I actually applied myself instead of simply relying upon my scary ability to absorb anything horse related.
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Date: 2007-03-23 07:16 pm (UTC)you are cute. the horsies are pretty though :)
you are a font of information. i think you know more about horses than i know about everything combined.
i still think it's a cute picture :D
I found him!
Date: 2007-03-23 07:29 pm (UTC)I can find any horse info anywhere on the net :D Hee! See I am useful sometimes.
Anyway THIS is the real Radar: http://www.priefert.com/dynamic/radar/default.php
Re: I found him!
Date: 2007-03-23 07:31 pm (UTC)you are a horse geek. it is awesome :)
Re: I found him!
Date: 2007-03-23 07:33 pm (UTC)http://www.countryworldnews.com/Editorial/ETX/2003/et0731goliath.htm
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Date: 2007-03-23 07:37 pm (UTC)Re: I found him!
Date: 2007-03-23 07:43 pm (UTC)prolly :)
goliath is a big boy! i read the article. he has to eat grass like a foal. hehe :)
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Date: 2007-03-23 09:39 pm (UTC)LOL, I went to the same website to check the breed conformation. I wasn't sure if bays were allowed in the breed (they are, though they were more common in the 20's).
You're, right about the composition of the picture, too. Totally a tourist shot. But then did you notice in the first picture that the guy leading Thumby is wearing sandals? What kind of asshat wears sandals around horses, even minis?
J.
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Date: 2007-03-23 09:40 pm (UTC):P
J.
Alrighty...
Date: 2007-03-23 07:18 pm (UTC)I wiki'd that shit. Apparently the reason you thought his name was Goliath is because until 2001 the record was held by a Shire draft who stood 19.2 hands tall. Guess what his name was? Now a Shire makes a heck of a lot more sense to be the tallest draft horse because they are widely held to be the tallest of the modern day draft horse breeds. Belgian are big but usually wide, like Kahlua. So I'm surprised he isn't ousted by some Shire out there.
There isn't a horse alive today who can top the tallest horse who was 21.2 hands high and also a Shire.
Curiouser and curiouser. I'd like more info on that Belgian. I wonder if he's got his own website. Prolly stands stud somewhere. *Goes back to digging*
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Date: 2007-03-23 07:26 pm (UTC)21.2??? that's a big effin horse.
i love kahlua.
*waits for your results*