How tall was the Thoroughbred race horse Barbaro?

How many hands high was he? I can't seem to find info on this. Please provide a link to your source, if possible.

2007-06-15T06:30:51Z

The Wikipedia entry on Barbaro doesn't mention how tall he was.

2007-06-22T06:40:15Z

Barbaro was not sent to a "glue factory," nor is he buried and "3 feet tall. " His owners had him cremated and are keeping the urn for the time being. I asked a simple question because I am doing research on the heights of Kentucky Derby winners and for some reason, a documented height is hard to find for this horse. I think it is very sad that some people responded with such disrespectful answers to a simple question.

Anonymous2007-06-15T14:09:11Z

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16.2 hands

Kwk2lrn2007-06-15T07:45:29Z

I'm not sure of his actual height, but looking at a lot of the pictures of him and comparing him to backgrounds/people he looks like he is just over 16 hands.

Anonymous2007-06-14T19:13:03Z

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbaro

RIP Barbaro.

curious connie2007-06-20T12:37:47Z

Around 15 hands. Age wise, a healthy horse can live into his 20s. One of the oldest I ever heard about was 28.

AngusAssassin2007-06-22T05:38:51Z

Unless they buried him on his back with his legs sticking up i doubt if he is more than 3 feet tall right now. Isnt it time we stopped talking about this horse as if he was the saviour of horse racing and just let him rest.