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Giant Horses & Other Equines

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Giant Rocking Horse
Winchendon, MA
The original Giant Rocking Horse was built in 1912 by Morton Converse, the owner of the big toy company in town. The 12 foot tall grey hobby horse was named "Clyde" and made from nine pine trees. It was a copy of the company's #12 rocking horse. In 1914, the statue was entered in the local parade to celebrate the town's 150th anniversary. Winchendon was considered the toy production capital of America and nicknamed "Toy Town". The statue was moved to the railroad station for about 20 years. Then in 1934, it was moved to the Toy Town Tavern for about 30 years. After that, the statue was put in storage and fell into disrepair. In 1988, a new 12 foot tall horse was produced, using the original as a model. This statue was named "Clyde II" and put in the covered pavilion where it is today. For more, see this website.

Trojan Horse
Wisconsin Dells, WI		 Caesars Palace
Atlantic City, NJ
The Trojan Horse is a 65 foot tall wooden horse with strobe light eyes. He was built in 1998. He stands in front of the Mt. Olympus Water & Theme Park. I believe this is the go-kart track going through his belly. There is also a Giant Trojan here. For more, see these websites: 1, 2, and 3.

Caesars Palace opened in 1979. I believe this fountain statue represents Caesar in a triumphal chariot with four horses.

Garden City
Party Store [gone]
Garden City, MI		 Penn Tavern
Morrisville, PA		 Horsemen's Headquarters
Salina, KS		 Thoroughbred Lounge
Louisville, KY
The Garden City Party Store featured this Budsweiser Clydesdale installed on a trailer. This photo is from 2010. By 2011, the statue was gone. [photo thanks Mark Comstock]

The Penn Tavern has a Budweiser Clydesdale over its entrance.

The horse at Horsemen's Headquarters appears to be an Arabian.

The Thoroughbred Lounge features this horse and jockey on the roof.

Horse
Quapaw, OK		 Horse
Grand Rapids, MI		 Horse
Nashville, TN
This Quapaw Horse is located at an unidentified horse ranch.

This Grand Rapids Horse is located inside the Grand Rapids Public Museum.

This Nashville Horse is installed on a trailer at the BP gas station next to the Music Valley Wax Museum of the Stars. His leg position suggests the gait of a Tennessee Walking Horse.

Equine Gatherings
Metamora, MI		 Horse and Cow
Skokie, IL
Equine Gatherings, a tack shop, features a handprint-covered fiberglass horse. [photo thanks Mark Comstock]

This fiberglass Horse and Cow stand in front of Levy Venture Management. Does anyone know more about them?

Main Street
Army Navy
Bozeman, MT		 Salem Feed & Grain
Salem, CT		 Centerville Western Wear
Oak Grove, OR		 Lamas Western Wear
San Jose, CA
Main Street Army Navy features a fiberglass rearing horse. This statue revolves on its base.

Salem Feed & Grain has another example of this classic rearing horse statue. There are numerous others around the country.

Centerville Western Wear has this fine-looking Palomino Quarter Horse on its roof.

The Lamas Western Wear features this white Quarter Horse in Western tack in front of their store. For more, see this website.

Alcala's Western Wear
Chicago, IL

Alcala's Western Wear was founded in 1972. I don't know when these fiberglass horses were installed. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2.

Horse and Rider
Pickerington, OH		 Big Ben and Ian Millar
Perth, ON
This Horse and Rider statue is installed next to a US Bank branch. It may be related to the Hunters Run Business Center nearby. Does anyone know more about this statue?

The life-sized, bronze Big Ben and Ian Millar statue is a tribute to the highly successful Canadian equestrian team. It was installed in this park in 2005. For more, see this website.

Horses and Riders
Lexington, KY
These statues of Horses and Riders are installed at one of the entrances to the Woodhill Circle Plaza shopping center. They appear to be fairly new. Lexington is home to the Kentucky Horse Park and calls itself the "Horse Capital of the World".

Overland Stagecoach
Overland Park, KS
The Overland Stagecoach stands in front of the IMB Bank. The statue has been here since at least the late 1970s. Does anyone know when it was first installed or the history behind it? For more, see these websites: 1 and 2.

Horse
Wichita, KS		 Horse
Hammonton, NJ
The Wichita Horse is about eight feet tall and is made of chrome car bumpers. The sculpture was created by John W. Kearney. It is located downtown. There is a similar Kearney horse sculpture at Wichita State University. That one was installed in 1973. For more, see this website.

The Hammonton Horse statue stands on a pedestal in front of the Oriental White Horse Farm which is located on the White Horse Pike. For more, see this website.

Horse
Wilton, NY
The concrete Wilton Horse statue stands in front of the Crest Inn.

Hubbard Museum of the American West
Ruidoso Downs, NM
The Hubbard Museum of the American West features eight realistic galloping horses. There are seven different breeds represented. The painted bronze statues are one-and-a-half times life-size. In the entire group, there are only nine hooves touching down. The sculpture was installed in 1995 and is entitled "Free Spirits at Noisy Water". It was created by Dave McGary. For more, see these websites: 1, 2, and 3.

More Horses:
Metamora, IL
Branson, MO [gone]

Cowboys & Horses (various cities)

Dala Horse
Cloquet, MN		 Dala Horse
Mora, MN		 Dala Horse
Albert City, IA
These giant Dala Horses are replicas of the Dalecarlian horses which are hand-carved in Mora, Sweden. These horses were originally children's toys. Over time, they became a Swedish symbol.

The Cloquet Dala Horse stands in front of Bergquist Imports, a Scandinavian gift shop. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2.

The Mora Dala Horse is 22 feet tall and 17 feet long. The statue was produced by FAST. It was installed in 1971. For more, see this website.

Albert City features two Dala Horses: one which serves as a welcome sign at the entrance to town and another on a trailer.

More Dala Horses:
Minot, ND
Avesta, Sweden

Zebras
Port Huron, MI		 Mule
Henry, SD
These Zebra statues are installed on the roof of the Zebra Bar. For more, see this website.

This Mule is a companion to a Giant Pheasant. These cement statues were created in 1950 for Tinkertown which no longer exists.

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