Published 18:09 IST, September 8th 2019

World's shortest Horse: Meet Bombel - over a feet high, huge persona

Guinness World Records released its list of 2020 record-holders which had Bombel- World's shortest horse standing just 56.7 cm (1 ft 10 inches) from hoof

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Guinness World Records released its list of 2020 record-holders on Thursday. While list contained tallest hat, largest pizza. tallest dog etc. , one which has caught world's eye is Bombel- World's shortest horse.  Bombel (which means Bubble) is a miniature Appaloosa from Poland. He is shortest male horse, standing just 56.7 cm (1 ft 10 in) from hoof to shoulder bles, as revealed by Guinness World Records.

Bombel- World's shortest horse

Bombel's owner Katarzyna Zielinska has shared details about her short buddy. Talking to Guinness she says, "His name is Bombel - which means Bubble in Polish. His size is 56.7 cm measured from hooves till his back. Bombel is small horse with a huge personality and a huge heart. Bombel's daily routine is like a rmal horse. He gets his hay, water and n we take him to pdock to meet or horses. He runs around field." 

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Bombel's life and family

According to Guinness, Bombel is   smallest equine resident of KasKa stud farm in Łódź as compared to larger horses living re. Guinness has followed protocols of  American Miniature Horse Association which classifies a mini horse is anything below 9.5 hands (38 in; 96.5 cm) at wirs. This means Bombel falls into category quite comfortably. Bombel is smallest horse in world and is one-of-a-kind.

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His owners Patryk and Katarzyna Zielińska first saw Bombel in 2014, when he was just two months old, shared Guinness. Bobel was reportedly tiny inspite of having rmal-sized parents. Talking about Bombel's unique stature, Katarzyna explained, "We thought something is going on with him. When he started growing up, we saw he wasn't growing as he was supposed to be. That was when we decided we should [approach] Guinness World Records."

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Bombel volunteer

She furr says that inspite of being a pint-sized celebrity, Bombel does give back to community. Once a month, he visits a local children's hospital to help brighten day of young patients, as shared by  Zielińska. Bombel aids patients as an emotional support animal says Zielińska ding, "Bombel has changed our lives completely. He allows us to help or people and make kids happy."

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Previous record holder -Thumbelina

Meanwhile, Guinness shared that shortest horse ever is Thumbelina, who sly passed away in 2018. Thumbelina was a miniature sorrel brown mare from St Louis, Missouri, USA. She measured 44.5 cm (1 ft 5 in) tall. Guinness is currently on look-out for a new shortest female horse.

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21:28 IST, September 7th 2019