Weighing more than 2,000 pounds, Digger the Clydesdale was a massive 19.3 hands tall, standing nine feet from his hooves to the tips of his ears. In 2012, his extraordinary size earned him the ...

The Clydesdale shifted in size and look, moving from a shorter, “draftier” horse with hairier legs and exaggerated features later in the 19th century, to a more fine-featured, taller breed ...