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Horses & Other Equines Statues (page 4)

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Horses and Riders
Van Nuys, CA
This pair of Horses and Riders are located inside the Valley Relics Museum. They were originally installed in the late 1960s at the two entrances to the Porter Ranch Model Homes development near Chatsworth, CA. The statues went missing in the late 1980s and wound up near Palmdale, CA. After they were finally located and restored, they were loaned to the museum. The statues will eventually be moved back to the Porter Ranch neighborhood once a new city park is built. For more, see this website.

Overland Stagecoach
Overland Park, KS (now Independence, MO)

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2024:
The Overland Stagecoach fiberglass and wood statue was installed in front of the UMB Bank in 1971. In 2021, it was moved to Independence, MO. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2. [map]

Horse
Wichita, KS
Horse
Jacksonville, FL
The Horse in Wichita is about eight feet tall and is made from chrome car bumpers. The sculpture was created by John W. Kearney. It is installed in front of the Ruffin Building. There are also Kearney pig and giraffe sculptures inside the building. There is another Kearney horse at Wichita State University which was installed in 1973. There are two Kearney Longhorn Bulls in Wichita. For more, see this website. [map]

The Horse in Jacksonville is made from 1950s and 1960s car bumpers. It was created by Sean Guerrero to celebrate the Denver Bronco's 1987 Super Bowl appearance. The nearly 20-foot-long statue is installed in the parking lot of Ripley's Believe It Or Not. [map]

Horse [gone]
Sacramento, CA
Horse
Sacramento, CA
The first horse Horse shown above was installed in this shopping center in 2004. This statue was removed around 2020. Does anyone know where it is now? For more, see this website.

The second Horse shown above was also created by Sean Guerrero. It was built in 2004 and has been installed in front of a Safeway supermarket since at least 2008. [map].

Horse [gone]
Hammonton, NJ
Horse
Abington, PA
This wooden Horse statue in Hammonton stood on a pedestal in front of the Oriental White Horse Farm which is located on the White Horse Pike. It was purchased at an antiques store in Pennsylvania and installed in 1958. In 2023, it was knocked over by teenagers and destroyed. The owner may install another horse statue. For more, see this website.

The Horse statue at the Abington Antique Shop looked like another homemade creation. This statue had no tail. In 2016, the statue was hit by a car and badly damaged. It was replaced with a fiberglass version. [map]

Horse
Osceola, MO
Barney
Kansas City, MO
Blackie
Tiburon, CA
This Horse statue in Osceola was installed at the Amish Trading Post around 2017. [map]

Barney was originally installed in the window at the barn-shaped Carpet Barn in Springfield, MO. The store closed in 2017. The head is about 7.5 feet tall. He is supposedly a horse although with the long ears, he looks more like a mule. Since 2021, the head has been located inside Atomic Collision in Kansas City. He will eventually be restored. For more, see this website.

Blackie was born in Kansas in 1926 and was later moved to California to become a rodeo cutting horse. After that, the horse was used by the U.S. Calvary in Yosemite Valley. In 1938, he was moved to Tiburon where he grazed and was fed carrots and apples by locals until passing away in 1966. This bronze sculpture was created as a tribute by Albert Guibara in 1995. The field in which it stands is now a park known as Blackie's Pasture. For more, see this website. [map]

Nag Horse
Wickenburg, AZ
Nag Horse [gone]
Tucson, AZ
This Nag Horse in Wickenburg is installed above the sign at the Horspitality RV Park. Does anyone know if this horse represents a particular cartoon or comic strip character? [map]

This Nag Horse in Tucson was apparently made from the same mold as the one in Wickenburg. These statues were produced by Prewitt Fiberglass. This statue was installed in front of Southwest Animal Health when this photo was taken in 2012. By 2013, the statue was gone. The owner of the Silverbell Nursery is storing it at his home.

Horse
Reno, NV
Horse
Mondovi, WI
Horse [gone]
Gansevoort, NY
This Horse sculpture in Reno was created by Barry Crawford. It is entitled "Rearing Horse" and was built from machinery parts. It was originally installed in 2018 at the Burning Man festival. It is now located in front of Glow Park. The sculpture is kinetic with cranks on the perimeter fence than enables visitors to move the horse's front legs, mane, tail, neck, and ears. For more, see this website. [map]

This Horse in Mondovi is located near Lazy L Tack & Trailer Sales. [map]

The concrete Horse in Gansevoort stood in front of a house next door to the Crest Inn. These photos are from 2011. By 2014, the statue had been painted white. In 2016, the horse was painted black. In 2018, the statue was painted purple. In 2020, the statue was gone. The house and motel were boarded up.

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