The horse, named Bombel, is a miniature Appaloosa from Poland. It is the shortest male horse, standing just 56.7 cm from hoof to shoulder blades.
该马名叫庞贝尔，是一只来自波兰的微型阿巴鲁萨马。其是最矮的公马，从蹄子到肩胛骨只有56.7厘米。
Bombel is by far the smallest equine resident of KasKada stud farm in Lodz, where he lives alongside many larger horses. His owners Patryk and Katarzyna Zielinska insist that, despite his small stature, their stallion has "a huge personality and a huge heart."
庞贝尔是目前为止罗兹市卡斯卡达种马场最小的马科动物，在那里他和许多大型马一起生活。他的主人 Patryk 和 Katarzyna Zielinska坚持认为，尽管他身材矮小，他们的种马有“一个强大的个性和一颗巨大的心。”
According to the American Miniature Horse Association, the standard for a mini horse is anything below 96.5 cm at the withers, so Bombel comfortably qualifies.
根据美国微型马协会，微型马的标准是马肩隆在96.5厘米以下，所以庞贝尔当然符合条件。
The Zielinskas first saw Bombel in 2014, when he was just two months old. Even then, he was noticeably tiny, though his parents were normal size for miniature horses.
Zielinskas家的人第一次见到庞贝尔是在2014年，当时他只有两个月大。即使在那个时候，他还是显得很小，尽管其父母就小型马而言是正常大小。
The professional horse breeders had a suspicion from early on that the new addition to their stables was special, as Katarzyna explained: "We thought something is going on with him. When he started growing up, we saw he wasn't growing as he was supposed to be."
专业的马匹饲养员从一开始就猜想他们马厩的这个新添物种是特别的，正如 Katarzyna 解释的那样: “我们觉得他有些不对劲。当他开始生长的时候，我们看到他并没有像他应该的那样长大。”
While his status as the smallest horse in the world may now have confirmed him to be one-of-a-kind, Bombel hasn’t let the glory go to his head. He still finds time to do some voluntary work.
虽然他作为世界上最小的马的地位现在可能已经证实他是独一无二的，庞贝尔并没有让荣誉冲昏他的头脑。他仍然会找时间做一些志愿性工作。
Once a month, he visits a local children's hospital to help brighten the day of the young patients. Having seen horses going into US hospitals as emotional support animals, Katarzyna was inspired to do the same.
每月一次，他都会去当地的一家儿童医院，为年轻的病人的生活增添光彩。在看到马可以作为情感支持动物进入美国医院后，因此卡塔尔兹娜也受到启发做了类似这样的事情。
"Bombel has changed our lives completely, because he allows us to help other people and make kids happy."
“庞贝尔彻底改变了我们的生活，因为他允许我们帮助别人，并给孩子们带来快乐。”
Interestingly, reactions at the hospital to this small horse tend to vary between young and old.
有趣的是，医院里对这匹小马的反应在小孩和大人之间有所不同。
"The kids just love Bombel and they don’t care about his size. The adults are: 'What’s that!' They cannot even imagine such a small horse."
“孩子们只是喜欢庞贝尔，他们不在乎他的身材。大人们说: ‘那是什么！'他们甚至无法想象会有这么小的一匹马。”
The shortest horse ever is Thumbelina, who sadly passed away in 2018. This miniature sorrel brown mare from St Louis, Missouri, USA, measured 44.5 cm tall.
有史以来最矮的马是桑贝琳娜，她在2018年不幸去世。这只来自美国密苏里州圣路易斯的微型栗棕色母马身高44.5厘米。
