Tonto Bars Hank
Artist
Una Hanbury
(American, born England, 1904 - 1990)
Date1971
Mediumbronze
Dimensions12 × 18 × 5 in. (30.5 × 45.7 × 12.7 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineGift of Judge and Mrs. Oliver Seth, 1977
Object number3809.23S
DescriptionStallion (horse) standing with front hoof raised.eMuseum Notes
Tonto Bars Hank was a quarter horse, born in 1958, that raced
between 1960-1962. In 1960, he was the world’s champion Quarter Horse Stallion.
At one time Tonto Bars Hank held four World Records and won eleven Stakes
races. The grandson of Three Bars, a
member of the American Quarter Horse Association's American Quarter Horse Hall
of Fame, Tonto Bars Hank was called the “greatest 2-year old of all time”.
In 1960, Tonto Bars Hank won the All
American Futurity at Ruidoso Downs with a time of 20.200 seconds, wining over $130,000.
After retirement, Tonto Bars Hank went onto sire all around horses.
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