Wing Commander (horse)

Wing Commander
Breed American Saddlebred
Sire Anacacho Shamrock
Grandsire Edna May's King
Dam Flirtation Walk
Maternal grandsire Kings Genius
Sex Stallion
Foaled 1943
Country United States of America
Color Chestnut, four white socks and star
Owner Dodge Stables
Trainer Earl Teater
Major wins
6 Five-Gaited World Grand Championships

Wing Commander (foaled 1943) was an American Saddlebred show horse out of the mare Flirtation Walk and by the stallion Anacacho Shamrock. Wing Commander was a chestnut with four white socks and a white star on his forehead. He was trained to be a five-gaited horse, meaning he performed the walk, trot, canter, slow gait and rack.[1] Through both sides of his pedigree, Wing Commander traced back to the highly influential Saddlebred stallions Rex McDonald and Bourbon King, who were themselves successful show horses.[2] In 1948, the stallion won his first Five-Gaited World Grand Championship, a title he kept for a total of six years. In total he won 6 Five-Gaited World Grand Championships, and was the first of only two horses to accomplish this. In 1950 Life magazine featured Wing Commander as an example of a fine athlete and an American Idol. He was owned by Dodge Stables, and trained and ridden by Earl Teater. Wing Commander stood at stud at Castleton Farm in Lexington, Kentucky, and died at the age of 29.

Pedigree

Pedigree of Wing Commander [2]
Sire
Anacacho Shamrock 		Edna Mays King Bourbon King Bourbon Chief
Annie C
Edna May Rex Peavine
Lee Wood
Sally Cameron Highland Squirrel King Forest King
Nellie P
Al Tadena Prince Arthur
Mania
Dam
Flirtation Walk 		King's Genius Bourbon King Bourbon Chief
Annie C
Princess Eugenia Chester Peavine
Queen of Lincoln
Spelling Bee King Vine Rex Peavine
Bourbon Belle
Daughter of Red Light II Red Light II
Daughter of Happy Bell

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Wing Commander: The Great American Show Horse". imh.org. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Wing Commander Thoroughbred". allbreedpedigree.com. Retrieved 24 November 2015.


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