The First Horse To Be Embalmed And Place In A Riding Colour Casket
I did not know this ❤️ The photo may be sad or disturbing...but read the story. He was AMAZING! This is a photo of Man o’ War in his coffin. At the time, he was the most famous Thoroughbred in history. He died on November 1, 1947 at the age of 30 of an apparent heart attack. He was the first horse to be embalmed, and his casket was lined in his riding colors. Man o’ War’s funeral was broadcast internationally over the radio and over 2,000 people came to pay their final respects. The Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Kentucky is a twelve hundred acre working horse farm, with a world-class equestrian competition facility where over 15-thousand horses take part in various competitions each year. This is also the resting place of the most famous Thoroughbred of the Twentieth Century - Man o’ War. He was born March 29, 1917 at the Kentucky Nursery Stud farm, owned by August Belmont, Jr. One of almost 17-hundred Thoroughbreds foaled that year, he was named “My Man o’ War” by Mrs. Belmont