Bourbon King (foaled 1900) was an

American Saddlebred The American Saddlebred is a horse breed from the United States. This breed is referred to as the "Horse America Made". Descended from riding-type horses bred at the time of the American Revolution, the American Saddlebred includes the Nar ...

stallion. He was known for being the founding sire of the popular Chief family of Saddlebreds.

Life

Bourbon King was

foal A foal is an equine up to one year old; this term is used mainly for horses, but can be used for donkeys. More specific terms are colt for a male foal and filly for a female foal, and are used until the horse is three or four. When the foal i ...

ed in 1900. He was a

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stallion with a star and white coronets on his hind feet. He was sired by Bourbon Chief and out of Annie C. Bourbon King was bred and owned by Allie G. Jones, who had a farm near North Middletown, Kentucky. Jones was elected president of the American Saddle Horse Breeders' Association, the forerunner to the

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, in 1936. Bourbon King lived to be 30 years old.

Career

Bourbon King was a

five-gaited Five-gaited horses are notable for their ability to perform five distinct horse gaits instead of simply the three gaits, walk, trot and canter or gallop common to most horses. Individual animals with this ability are often seen in the American Sa ...

horse. He won the Grand Championship at the Louisville Horse Show at age three.

Offspring

Bourbon King was the progenitor of the Chief family, one of the most influential bloodlines in Saddlebreds. His son Edna May's King was the first horse to repeat win the Grand Championship at the Kentucky State Fair. One of Bourbon King's descendants, Wing Commander, was the first five-gaited horse to win six consecutive World Grand Championships.

References

{{Reflist Individual American Saddlebreds 1900 animal births category:1930s animal deaths