Draft Horse - World Record

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The Shire horse holds the record for the world's biggest horse; Sampson, foaled in 1846 in Bedfordshire, England, stood 21.2½ hands high (i.e. 7 ft 2½in or approx 2.2m at his withers, and weighed approx 3,300 lb (1,500 kg) or over 1.5 tons.

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