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Tallest horse living. The tallest living horse is Big Jake, a nine-year-old Belgian Gelding horse, who measured 20 hands 2.75 in (210.19 cm, 82.75 in), without shoes, at Smokey Hollow Farms in Poynette, Wisconsin, USA, on 19 January 2010. All records listed on our website are current and up-to-date.
Draft horse breeds include Belgians, Shires, Clydesdales, and Percherons. Belgians are generally the biggest (as a rule) -- big ones are over seven feet in height, and weigh over 3,000 lbs!But there is considerable variation, and Shires and Percherons hold the records.The tallest horse ever recorded was a Shire gelding named Samson. He was 21.2 1/2hh (7'2) and weighed 3360 pounds.elgians are generally the biggest (as a rule) -- big ones are over seven feet in height, and weigh over 3,000 lbs! But there is considerable variation, and Shires and Percherons hold the records. The tallest horse ever recorded was a Shire gelding named Samson.