While the dire wolf is one of the most notable, and popular, giant canines, it's not the largest. Instead, the largest wolf to exist was much, much bigger.

By the looks of it, you wouldn’t have said this foal had been buried more than a few weeks, it was that perfectly preserved.

The four-year-old filly had been beaten an aggregate of nearly 50 lengths in five previous outings and was racing from as much as 19lb out of the weights in the £150,000 BetMGM Fillies' And Mares' ...