Tall Order

Met Big Jake, the world's tallest horse! It is official. The Belgian gelding has been entered in the Guinness Book of Records as the world's tallest living horse. He stands 20 and 3/4 hands or just a quarter inch less than 6 feet, 11 inches.

Described by owner, Jerry Gilbert as a "gentle giant," Big Jake is 9 years old, lives in Wisconsin and weighs about 2,600 pounds!

Two things to consider: how much food it takes to keep a big boy like this happy and how to protect human feet from getting inadvertently stepped upon. I'm not sure any of us would be able to recover from 2,600 pounds landing on our unprotected tootsies!

One more thought: what goes in must come out. Pity the poor soul who mucks that stall!