The tallest living horse is Big Jake, a nine-year-old Belgian Gelding horse, who measured 20 hands 2.75 in (210.19 cm, 82.75 in), without shoes.
When you measure the tallest living horse, you do it without shoes, just like you’d expect. But Big Jake still doesn’t disappoint. The 9-year-old Belgian gelding measured over 20 hands—6 feet, 10 inches—at his home in Wisconsin. It certainly isn’t any simple feat to just climb onto a horse of this stature, if he even lets you. At this size, Big Jake’s calling the shots.