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TIL about Sampson/Mammoth - the largest horse recorded. He was a Shire breed horse over 7ft tall & weighed as much as an SUV. Horses this size are becoming exceedingly rare: Both Shires and Clydesdales, large draught breeds, are endangered with less than 5,000 estimated alive worldwide.

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