Harlem Globetrotter (horse)

Harlem Globetrotter was a black stallion foaled April 28, 1980. He was sired by New Yorker and out of Putting On Airs.^[1] As a two-year-old in 1981, he was purchased by Joan Hamilton and her father Paul. Although Harlem Globetrotter was originally intended to be a breeding horse, the Hamilton's put him in training with Larry Hodge, who made a successful show horse out of him, eventually winning nine World Championships in the five-gaited division. Harlem Globetrotter won one championship at age 14. After his retirement from showing, he stood at stud at Kalarama Farm in Springfield, Kentucky,^[2] where he sired over 700 foals, including 149 winners. Harlem Globetrotter died March 30, 2012, at the age of 32.^[1]