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April 25, 2005
Kentucky's most famous horse
Kentucky is famous for several things, not least its hospitality, Bluegrass music, its horses, and its Bourbon Whiskey! However, in a State renowned for horse breeding and racing, perhaps its most famous horse is the huge Man o' War.
Bronze statue of the famous Man o' War
This superb horse had a striude at full gallop of 28 feet, the longest ever measured. He lost only one race in a long career, and that due to having been cleverly boxed in and held back by the eventual winner, no mean feat when it was acknowlkedged even by the jockey concerned that had Man o' War got into his stride, his own mount could not have held him. Eventually he retired from racing and had sired and grandsired and no doubt now great grandsired offspring who are also big, fast, and superb horses.
The statue of this magnificent horse surmounts the spot where he is buried at the national Horse Centre and Museum in Lexington. It is well worth the visit if you are interested in horses and racing!
Posted by The Gray Monk at April 25, 2005 09:37 AM