Britain's biggest horse


	Britain's biggest horse

CrazyRedHead

1-22-2008 11:50 AM

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2-1-2008 11:47 PM

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What a beautiful horse!

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</P><P>Indeed, he is so high and mighty that his handler Lisa McFarlane is finding it hard to chart his exact size. 
</P><P>She is pictured here with her measuring bar which extends to 19 hands, and Digger stands well clear of the top. 
</P><P>Best estimates put the strapping Clydesdale at 19 hands and two inches (6ft 6in)- on a par with Britain's biggest living horse. 
</P><P>And at just four years old, Digger is the equivalent in equine terms to a teenager so there is still time for him to grow.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=509600&in_page_id=1770"> "He is the largest horse we have ever had. He is the equivalent of a growing teenage boy --never out of the fridge. Heaven knows what size he is going to end up."</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=509600&in_page_id=1770">With his head up Digger measures close to 9ft. Horses are traditionally measured in four-inch "hands" from the ground to the withers,</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=509600&in_page_id=1770"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.dailymail.co.uk/img/67F82585-5836-49BD-BBD6-2BC407C4C00A" alt="digger the horse" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=509600&in_page_id=1770"><P>Little and large: Digger and Sweep the Shetland pony, the smallest horse at the centre</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=509600&in_page_id=1770"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.dailymail.co.uk/img/2AAC8570-BA9D-4D6B-9F74-7E81F69EF65E" alt="digger the horse" /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/B3315A6B-44E5-4104-947A-533AB3295712/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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