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Rex McDonald was an American Saddlebred stallion. He was only beaten three times in his show career and had an influential career as a sire.
Rex McDonald | |
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Breed | American Saddlebred |
Discipline | Five-gaited |
Sire | Rex Denmark |
Dam | Lucy Mack |
Maternal grandsire | Black Squirrel |
Foaled | May 30, 1890 |
Died | November 13, 1913 23) | (aged
Breeder | Joe McDonald |
Trainer | Billy Davis Tom Bass |
Rex McDonald was foaled on May 30, 1890, in Callaway County, Missouri.[1][2] He was sired by Rex Denmark and out of Lucy Mack. He was a black stallion standing 16 hands (64 inches, 163 cm) high and was bred by Joe McDonald.[1] After breeding Rex McDonald, Joe McDonald became ill and began selling his horses. Rex McDonald was sold to R. T. Freeman as a yearling for $105, alongside his dam. In 1894 he was sold to John Hughes of Kentucky for $3,050. He was sold several more times and at one point during his breeding career was owned by a group of businessmen.[1] Rex McDonald died November 13, 1913, and was buried in the fairgrounds at Mexico, Missouri,[3] although the body was later moved to Tom Bass's property and still later reburied at the American Saddlebred Museum in Mexico, where it remains.[4][5]
Rex McDonald was a five-gaited horse who was initially trained by Billy Davis.[3] Later on he was trained and shown by Tom Bass, a notable horse trainer born a slave, who trained horses for Theodore Roosevelt and Bill Cody.[6] In 1893 Rex McDonald was shown for the first time at the St. Louis National Horse Show and won a championship.[7] At the time, there was a strong rivalry between Kentucky and Missouri about which state produced the best Saddlebreds, and Rex McDonald was a star for the Missourians. Ironically, he was later sold to a Kentucky owner.[3] He was only beaten three times in his career.[2] At one show, he beat his own sire, Rex Denmark. He was finally retired to stud because few people were willing to show against him.[1]
Rex McDonald sired over 200 colts that were registered with the American Saddlebred Horse Association.[1] One of his colts was a pacer and was harness raced.[8]
Sire Rex Denmark |
Crigler's Denmark | Lail's Denmark Chief | Gaines' Denmark |
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Brown Kitty | |||
Bettie Crosby | Ed Hawkins | ||
Queen | |||
Daughter of Star of the West | Star of the West | Flying Cloud | |
Gray Fanny | |||
Daughter of Mohawk | Mohawk | ||
Copperbottom mare | |||
Dam Lucy Mack |
Black Squirrel | Black Eagle | King William |
Kitty Richards | |||
Mollie | Giltners Brown Highlander | ||
Betty | |||
Star | Old Star Davis | Boston | |
Unknown | |||
Mollie | Vermont Morgan | ||
Unknown |
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