Grey Lag (1918-1942) was a thoroughbred race horse born in Kentucky and bred by John E. Madden. At his Hamburg Place near Lexington, Kentucky, Maddon had a good stallion called Star Shoot which he bred to his good mares and his not so good mares. He got a great foal out of one of those good mares: Sir Barton. Out of a not so good mare called Miss Minnie who, though her pedigree was excellent, never won a race and never dropped a winner, he got Gr...
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Grey Lag (1918-1942) was a thoroughbred race horse born in Kentucky and bred by John E. Madden. At his Hamburg Place near Lexington, Kentucky, Maddon had a good stallion called Star Shoot which he bred to his good mares and his not so good mares. He got a great foal out of one of those good mares: Sir Barton. Out of a not so good mare called Miss Minnie who, though her pedigree was excellent, never won a race and never dropped a winner, he got Grey Lag. In his later days, Maddon said Grey Lag was the best horse he ever bred.
Sired by Star Shoot (going back to Stockwell and Beeswing, out of Miss Minnie (by Meddler), Grey Lag wasn't grey. He was a chestnut with a few small grey patches on his belly, hidden when he was saddled. With three white feet and a large white blaze, Grey Lag was a minimal Sabino. (A Sabino is inherited and can be as dominant as pinto markings, or as minimal as a white spot on the chin, a small sock with jagged edges, or a few belly spots. Sabinos are capable of...
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