JENSON TINA: COULD SHE BE TALLER
               THAN ANY HE?
(June - July 2007)

At only three years, an English shire horse named Tina still has some room to grow. But the draft horse is already so big; her Tennessee owners are hoping she can break records. Officially named Jenson Diplomat Tina, she is still a teenager in horse years according to Jim Williams the owner. Tina measures 81 inches at the withers, the equestrian term for the top of the shoulders and weighs 1600pounds.
Tina was born to extremely tall parents and measures up to 20.1 hands and has already ousted the record held by the horse Goliath who measures up to 19 hands.

The current Guinness World Record for tallest living horse is held by Radar, a Belgian draft whose measurements are 19 hands,31/2 inches tall, or 79 1/2 inches.
Tina will be measured later this month and the event will be open to the public. The proceeds from the refreshments will go to the, Tina carrot fund, said Jaime Barnett the horse trainer, to fuel her appetite for carrots, as she consumes 5 pounds of carrots a week.
Before the official ceremony by The Guinness Book Of World Records, Tina should not be shod. As a result Tina will have to search for the largest size of horseshoe ever made according to sources.