GAY VIC (USA) br. G, 1958
{8-j} DP = 0-2-14-6-0 (22) DI = 0.69 CD = -0.18 - 5 Starts, 0 Wins, 0 Places, 0 Shows Career Earnings: $0 |
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| Breeder: William A. Steffan State Bred: CA
Original registered name for Olympic jumper Snowbound Added to Show Jumping Hall of Fame in 2005 also California Hall of FameSustained two bowed tendons on the track and ended up in the barn of Barbara Worth Oakford who inadvertently named him Snowbound. Barbara made the comment, "With those bows he might as well be snowbound as to think he'll make a show horse." which the grooms picked up on and started calling him Snowbound.
John Galvin purchased Snowbound for the U.S. Equestrian Team in 1964 after seeing him at a show. William Steinkrause on Snowbound won the first individual Olympic show-jumping gold medal for the U.S. at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City.
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Family Summary: A1 (1), 1-g (2), 1-n (2), 1-e (4), 1-k (1), 1-c (1), 2-o (1), 2-i (1), 2-e (5), 2-n (2), 3-e (1), 3-m (4), 3-k (1), 3-o (3), 4-k (3), 4-m (1), 5-j (1), 5-h (2), 8-j (6), 8-k (2), 8-c (2), 9-e (2), 10-a (2), 10 (2), 14 (1), 14-f (1), 16-a (3), 16-c (2), 18-a (3), 19-a (1),
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