![]() When Harry finally decided to train Snowman in show jumping, this pair of underdogs slowly but surely climbed to the top to become an equestrian legend. Much to Harry’s surprise, Snowman kept escaping back to the de Leyer farm, even with an old tire weighing him down and multiple high fences in his path. But Harry, a recent Dutch immigrant with a growing family, needed thoroughbreds that can be trained and sold as show horses, so he reluctantly sold Snowman to a neighboring farm. Snowman was a calm and patient horse who wasn’t easily spooked, which was great for the girls who were just beginning to ride. On one fateful day in 1956, Harry de Leyer – a riding instructor for Miss Knox’s School for Girls in Long Island, New York – arrived at a horse auction late and bought a shabby plow horse that was headed to the slaughterhouse for $80. ![]() Title: The Eighty-Dollar Champion: Snowman, the Horse That Inspired a NationĬategory: ( Non-Fiction) Sports / Horses / Biography / History Introduction ![]()
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