The largest horse in the world is the Shire heavy truck breed (UK). Their pedigree begins in the distant Middle Ages with fighting comrades of the knights,
which in turn claim kinship with the riding horses of the Great Roman Empire. But the modern biggest horses in the world are heavy trucks. Nevertheless, scientists cannot trace how the breed appeared, but it is obvious that the origin and the whole history of the breed are intimately intertwined with the centuries-old
history of England. The name of the breed was given by King Henry VIII in the 16th century.
The English have been breeding since ancient times. Shires were grown in many counties: Derby, Devon, Nottingham, Leicester, Cambridge, Essex, Norfolk, Durham, Lincoln, Cheshire, Leicester. In each locality, horses had their own distinctive features. The biggest horses in the world have always been the most popular in this
After all, the country knows that the British are great perfectionists. Initially, the shiers were called differently: a military horse, an Old English crow, a harnessed English, a great horse, and so on. Of course, there were differences between them: more bony, lean, some of the cheeks were covered with shoots. But all these are shires. And they represent the national treasure of Great Britain.
In the middle of the year before last, in 1846, a huge foal was born. Well, and when he grew up, he turned out to be just a mythological giant - the height of the withers was 220 centimeters. The horse was called Mammoth. With this name, he is immortalized as the largest horse in the world ever lived on the planet. He lived a long enough life, the last few years Mammoth spent in the National Park as an honored pensioner. Photos of the largest horse in the world have not been preserved, but in the English Stud Book there is a record of him.
Shire breed horses at the beginning of the 20th century, when business became the master of brains, cost a lot of money. Some British made horses of this breed
decent condition. To this day, they remain the pride of Great Britain, because the Shire are the largest horses in the world, tall and strong. In addition, this breed is a true embodiment of the past and present of England. Shires are one of her characters.
The average horse of the Shire breed reaches 187 centimeters at the withers, and weighs up to 1230 kg. The largest horses in the world have an amazing appearance: a massive head with small ears of rounded shape on a chunky neck, chest and shoulders are voluminous, the back is short, but very powerful, strong legs on which friezes descend from knees to the ground, hooves are incredibly powerful and strong. The Shire breed does not have a certain suit, but more often they are bay, carapace or black with a white stripe along the entire length of the muzzle. Friezes are often white. By the way, they appeared among the Shires not so long ago and quite by accident. This happened in the early 50s of the 20th century. This breed had one obvious flaw - biting midges. In order to solve the problem, the horse breeders decided to cross the shires with the gadgets. Bells really disappeared, but friezes appeared. This feature was considered beautiful and left.