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Harlem Globetrotter (horse)

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Harlem Globetrotter
BreedAmerican Saddlebred
DisciplineFive-gaited
SireNew Yorker
DamPutting On Airs
SexStallion
FoaledApril 28, 1980
ColorBlack
OwnerJoan and Paul Hamilton
TrainerLarry Hodge
Major wins
9 World Championships

Harlem Globetrotter (1980–2012) was an American Saddlebred stallion who won nine World Championships and also became a successful sire.

Life and career

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Harlem Globetrotter was a black stallion foaled April 28, 1980. He was sired by New Yorker and out of Putting On Airs.[1] As a two-year-old in 1981, he was purchased by Joan Hamilton and her father Paul. Although Harlem Globetrotter was originally intended to be a breeding horse, the Hamilton's put him in training with Larry Hodge, who made a successful show horse out of him, eventually winning nine World Championships in the five-gaited division. Harlem Globetrotter won one championship at age 14. After his retirement from showing, he stood at stud at Kalarama Farm in Springfield, Kentucky,[2] where he sired over 700 foals, including 149 winners. Harlem Globetrotter died March 30, 2012, at the age of 32.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Harlem Globetrotter Passes Away at 32 | the Saddle Horse Report".
  2. ^ World renowned Saddlebred Harlem Globetrotter