Thumbelina (born May 1, 2001, died in 2018) was a
dwarf
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miniature horse
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and the smallest horse on record. She stood tall and weighed , and received the title of world's smallest from
Guinness World Records
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. Thumbelina was born in
St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis () is the second-largest city in Missouri, United States. It sits near the confluence of the Mississippi and the Missouri Rivers. In 2020, the city proper had a population of 301,578, while the bi-state metropolitan area, which e ...
. Her owners, Paul and Kay Goessling, and her handler, Michael Goessling, Nadja and Jaka Lesnik cared for her along with other miniature horses on their farm in
Ladue. Thumbelina died in 2018.
See also
Black Beauty
''Black Beauty: His Grooms and Companions, the Autobiography of a Horse'' is an 1877 novel by English author Anna Sewell. It was composed in the last years of her life, during which she was bedridden and seriously ill.Merriam-Webster (1995). ...
, the previous horse often recognized as the smallest.
References
External links
Thumbelina - the World's Smallest Horse
2001 animal births
Miniature horses
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