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PHOTOS: 6-pound foal born in NH may be world's tiniest
BARNSTEAD, N.H. (AP) - A diminutive horse born in New Hampshire could lay claim to the world record for lightweight foal.
The pinto stallion named Einstein weighed just 6 pounds and measured 14 inches tall when he was born Friday in Barnstead, N.H. Those proportions fit a human baby just about right but are downright tiny for horse, even a miniature breed like Einstein.
Dr. Rachel Wagner, Einstein's co-owner, says the Guinness Book of Records lists the smallest newborn horse as weighing in at 9 pounds.
Breeders say that unlike the current record holder, Thumbelina, Einstein shows no signs of dwarfism. He's just a tiny horse.
Copyright 2010 The Associated Press.
Four-year-old Garrett Mullen watches three-day-old pinto stallion named Einstein in Barnstead, N.H., Sunday, April 25,2010. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)
Three-day-old pinto stallion named Einstein born at Tiz a miniature Horse Farm Friday feeds with its mother Tiz Fenisse in Barnstead, N.H., Sunday, April 25,2010. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)
Three day old pinto stallion named Einstein born Friday at Tiz a miniature Horse Farm sits with St. Bernard, Hannah in Barnstead, N.H., Sunday, April 25,2010. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)
Dr. Rachel Wagner watches as her three day old pinto stallion named Einstein meets a horse named Play My Heart in Barnstead, N.H., Sunday, April 25,2010. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)
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