HOME

TheInfoList



Click Here for Items Related To - Bingen (horse)
OR:
Bingen (horse) on:   [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Amazon]

Bingen (1893–1913) was an American
Standardbred The Standardbred is an American horse breed best known for its ability in harness racing, where members of the breed compete at either a trot or pace. Developed in North America, the Standardbred is recognized worldwide, and the breed can trac ...
horse. A descendant of
Hambletonian 10 Hambletonian 10, or Rysdyk's Hambletonian, (May 5, 1849 – March 27, 1876) was an American trotter and a founding sire of the Standardbred horse breed. The stallion was born in Sugar Loaf, New York, on 5 May 1849. Hambletonian has been ind ...
, he is considered one of the most important sires in the development of the modern Standardbred breed.


History

Bingen created a bloodline in the making of the American Standardbred through the Hambletonian 10 offspring Electioneer. Bingen was bred by David Bennet, Lexington. He was broken in by Raymond Snedeker in 1894. George W. Leavitt of
Boston Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the capital city, state capital and List of municipalities in Massachusetts, most populous city of the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financ ...
and E H Greeley of
Ellsworth, Maine Ellsworth is a city in and the county seat of Hancock County, Maine, United States. The 2020 Census determined it had a population of 8,399. Named after United States Founding Father Oliver Ellsworth, it contains historic buildings ...
, bought him the same year. In 1895 his career as a sire started in Maine. Henry Titer at the Mystic Park Track developed him for racing. The same year he got a new owner in Malcolm Forbes. He was exhibited at the Boston Horse Show in 1897, and won all his classes and was Best in Show all categories. He exclusively operated as a sire in 1899 at Forbes Farm in Massachusetts. In 1904 he was sold in the sale ring, but stayed in Massachusetts. He was sold again and served at different studs in New York between 1909 and 1911. The aging horse got his final owner in David Look, Castleton, Kentucky and was placed in service at the stud from 1912 until his death 1913. His offspring numbered 565.


Pedigree

Tail-male pedigree: May King - Electioneer - Hambletonian.
Tail-female pedigree: Young Miss by Young Jim - Miss Mambrino by Red Wilkes - Miss Clark by Alric - Kate by Clark Chief - Lida by Vandalxx.


Bingen in Sweden

The blood of Bingen was kept alive in Russia through sons exported there. Among them was Gay Bingen and sires of his descendants were imported to Sweden from what at the time was the Soviet Union (SU). One was Torg, whose offspring numbered 192. Torg’s tale pedigree: by Guron (SU) dam Gyshpanka (SU) by Gildejets (SU) by Gay Bingen (US) by Bingen (US).


References

{{Reflist 1893 racehorse births 1913 racehorse deaths American Standardbred racehorses Racehorses bred in Kentucky Racehorses trained in the United States United States Harness Racing Hall of Fame inductees