Ethan Allen (horse)
Ethan Allen | |
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Breed | Morgan |
Discipline | Harness racing |
Sire | Black Hawk |
Dam | Unnamed mare |
Maternal grandsire | Red Robin |
Sex | Stallion |
Foaled | 1849 |
Country | United States |
Color | Bay |
Breeder | Joel W. Holcomb |
Ethan Allen (June 18, 1849 – September 10, 1876) was an influential Morgan horse sire and trotting racehorse.
Life[]
Ethan Allen was foaled June 18, 1849. He was sired by Black Hawk and out of an unnamed gray mare who was herself sired by Red Robin, a son of Figure. Ethan Allen was bred by Joel W. Holcomb of Ticonderoga, New York.[1] Ethan Allen was a bay with three white socks and a white star on his forehead. He stood around 15 hands (60 inches, 152 cm) and weighed 1,000 pounds (450 kg) at maturity.[2] Ethan Allen was the champion trotter of his time; he trotted the mile in 2:25. He was owned by multiple owners, and during 1866 and 1868 he stood at stud in Boston for a fee of $100. He sired approximately 72 foals in his lifetime, of which only two were fillies. He was featured in several Currier and Ives prints and was the model for a popular trotting horse weathervane.[1] Ethan Allen died in Lawrence, Kansas on September 10, 1876 at the age of 28, and was buried there with a marker over his grave. Later, he was exhumed and his articulated skeleton was put on display in the museum there.[3]
References[]
- ^ a b "Learn About the Morgan Horse". Retrieved 31 July 2016.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-10-01. Retrieved 2015-11-05.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Ethan Allen 50". Retrieved 31 July 2016.
Further reading[]
- 1849 racehorse births
- 1876 racehorse deaths
- Individual Morgan horses
- United States Harness Racing Hall of Fame inductees