The Falabella is the smallest horse in the world, being 7 hands high (about 70 centimeters) at the biggest. They are any colour, but black and bay are the most common. Their average life span isn't any higher then 30 years old, just a bit below that.
There are two story's about their origin, but the more likely one is that a family with the last name Falabella owned a ranch in Buenos Aires, Argentina, called the Recreode Roca Ranch. They bred some really small Shetlands with a very small Thoroughbred they owned. The result was a almost perfect horse type miniature with a thick mane and tail and a large head compared to it's body.
One of the smallest Falabellas was a mare called Sugar Dumpling who was only about 20 centimeters high at her withers!
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