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Sri Chinmoy Lifts The World's Tallest Living Horse
Radar, the Guinness Record world's tallest living horse, just received an honour from fitness pioneer that is usually offered to celebrities, community leaders or heads of state. Radar stands at 19 hands, 3-1/2 inches tall (6' 7-1/2" or 221 cm) at the wither, and recently he got even taller!
Sri Chinmoy Lifts 'Radar' - The World's Tallest Living Horse
Stanfordville, New York — June 29, 2007
The giant horse – weighing in at 2540 lbs (1152 kg) – was lifted on a special platform by Sri Chinmoy, who supported the behemoth with his calves alone.
Radar, a 9 year old Belgian draft horse who was born in Iowa and now lives in Texas, stood on the platform with his handler Charles Wood, for a total weight of 3966 lbs (1799 kg)—the weight of a small car. Belgian draft horses are known for their strength—but so is Sri Chinmoy.
Why lift Radar? Explaining the inspiration behind his actions, Sri Chinmoy said, “Radar is the tallest, so Radar gave me the inspiration to set my goals to the highest.” Sri Chinmoy also wrote 2 songs in honour of the record breaking horse, which were performed by singers at the event.
Sri Chinmoy has performed a number of lifts highlighting the plight of animals. A month ago he travelled to Mongolia and lifted 58 Mongolian white horses. The white wind horses of Mongolia are now on the endangered species list, as are the elephants he lifted in northern Thailand earlier this year.
Weightlifting for Sri Chinmoy, who is 75 years old, is a way to inspire people of any age to keep physically fit, a way to challenge ourselves to achieve our goals in any field of endeavor.
A lift such as a horse like Radar takes tremendous training and concentration—according to Bill Pearl, pre-eminent strength and bodybuilding expert and 5-time Mr. Universe, “no one else in the world has been known to sustain such an enormous weight on his shoulders in a calf raise. And the man is 75 years old!”
