I am captured by the teeniest wee horse on the planet, Einstein, measuring all of 14 inches and six pounds at birth.
This pint-size pinto is a perfectly proportioned horse and was born at the Tiz A Miniature Horse Farm in Barnstead, NH to breeder Judy Smith. The tiny foal is owned by Dr. Rachel Wagner, a family practice physician, and her husband Charles Cantrell, who live in Bellingham, Wash., but summer in NH. This mini-stallion could be a contender for the Guinness World Book of Records since the title of smallest horse is currently held by Thumbelina, a chestnut mare born in 2001 who was 11 inches and 8.5 pounds at birth.
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"So we have this little foal that was born here on this miniature horse farm that set the Guinness World Record for smallest baby horse," says Wagner. "He's very perfect-looking little boy, not dwarfy at all."
Einstein is about the size of a toy poodle. Not a preemie, Einstein was born three days after his due date to a miniature white mare, according to the Concord Monitor. He has a white with black face, black ears and black spots on his side. He loves to be scratched on the back of the neck, but not on the rump and frolics freely outside of the red barn where he lives.
He may not be able to compete in the Kentucky Derby, but he is surely as popular as the winner. And with appearances on Oprah and across the US it has certainly been an eventful first year for Einstein, the world's smallest stallion.
Standing just 20inches tall, the horse attracted huge media interest when he was born in April last year. Thousands queued at a farm in Barnstead, New Hampshire for a glimpse of him. But while human interest was high, he didn't have many friends of his own breed.
Now his quest to find buddies and his life at home with owners Charlie Cantrell and Rachel Wagner in Gilmanton, New Hampshire, will be published in a new a book to celebrate his birthday.
Einstein is the smallest horse on record ever to survive and when the news got out to the media the level of interest was incredible. 'The average weight of a newborn miniature horse is 18lb. The average height at birth is 21 inches.
Einstein is all the remarkable because he shows no dwarf characteristics and is simply a very small miniature horse. His mother Finesse stands a relatively tall 32 inches and his dad Painted Feather measures 30 inches.
'You see the adorable thing about Einstein is that he doesn't seem to be too aware of his height at all. 'However, due to his extraordinary size he can't mingle around with other horses because it would be dangerous and he might get trampled underfoot.
