Rosalind (horse)
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Rosalind was a trotting
mare
born May 5, 1933. She is by the sire Scotland out of Alma Lee by Lee Worthy. Scotland was sired by Peter Scott, he by Peter The Great, who was sired by Pilot Medium, he by Happy Medium and he by Hambletonian 10
. Alma Lee was also a great-great-great-great granddaughter of Hambletonian 10
.
Rosalind won the 1936 Hambletonian at Good Time Park
in Goshen, New York
. She once raced in double harness, hitched to the great trotting gelding Greyhound
. Rosalind set a world record of 1:56 ¼ and won twenty-seven races during her career.
Owned by Gibson White, trained and driven by his father Benjamin F. White, Rosalind is the subject of the Marguerite Henry
book "Born to Trot".
Harness racing
Harness racing is a form of horse racing in which the horses race at a specific gait . They usually pull a two-wheeled cart called a sulky, although racing under saddle is also conducted in Europe.-Breeds:...
mare
Mare
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born May 5, 1933. She is by the sire Scotland out of Alma Lee by Lee Worthy. Scotland was sired by Peter Scott, he by Peter The Great, who was sired by Pilot Medium, he by Happy Medium and he by Hambletonian 10
Hambletonian 10
Hambletonian 10, or Rysdyk's Hambletonian, was an American trotter and a founding sire of the Standardbred horse breed. The stallion was born in Sugar Loaf, NY on 5 May 1849. Hambletonian has been inducted into the Immortals category of the Harness Racing Hall of Fame.-Origin and early years...
. Alma Lee was also a great-great-great-great granddaughter of Hambletonian 10
Hambletonian 10
Hambletonian 10, or Rysdyk's Hambletonian, was an American trotter and a founding sire of the Standardbred horse breed. The stallion was born in Sugar Loaf, NY on 5 May 1849. Hambletonian has been inducted into the Immortals category of the Harness Racing Hall of Fame.-Origin and early years...
.
Rosalind won the 1936 Hambletonian at Good Time Park
Good Time Park
Good Time Park was a mile-long race track in Goshen, New York that hosted the Hambletonian harness race from 1930 to 1956.-History:A largely unmaintained field for the first century of its existence, the area that would become Good Time Park was originally called Fiddler's Green. At the beginning...
in Goshen, New York
Goshen (village), New York
Goshen is a village in and the county seat of Orange County, New York, United States. The population was 5,676 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Poughkeepsie–Newburgh–Middletown, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the larger New York–Newark–Bridgeport,...
. She once raced in double harness, hitched to the great trotting gelding Greyhound
Greyhound (horse)
Greyhound was a grey Standardbred gelding by Guy Abbey out of Elizabeth by Peter the Great. Born in 1932, Greyhound was the outstanding trotting horse of his day and arguably the most outstanding in the history of the sport...
. Rosalind set a world record of 1:56 ¼ and won twenty-seven races during her career.
Owned by Gibson White, trained and driven by his father Benjamin F. White, Rosalind is the subject of the Marguerite Henry
Marguerite Henry
Marguerite Henry was an American writer. Henry inspired children all over the world with her love of animals, especially horses. The author of fifty-nine books based on true stories of horses and other animals, her work has captivated entire generations of children and young adults and won...
book "Born to Trot".