Harold Logan Explained

Horsename:Harold Logan
Breed:Standardbred
Sire:Logan Pointer (USA)
Grandsire:Star Pointer
Dam:Ivy Cole (NZ)
Damsire:King Cole (NZ)
Sex:Gelding
Foaled:1 September 1922
Colour:Bay
Breeder:J.J. ‘Jack’ Coffey
Owner:1. P. Brown
2. Miss Effie Hinds (NZ)
Trainer:1. F.R. Legg
2. R J ("Dick") Humphreys (NZ)
3. Miss Effie Hinds
Racerecord:108 starts for 29 wins and 20 placings
Racewins:1931 New Zealand Trotting Cup
1932 New Zealand Trotting Cup
Awards:New Zealand Trotting Hall of Fame
Updated:2010-3-14

Harold Logan was a New Zealand bred Standardbred pacer that won two New Zealand Trotting Cups.[1] He was a leading performer in 1931 and 1932. In 1932, he won the New Zealand Trotting Cup with a handicap of 60 yards.

Pedigree

Harold Logan was by the good sire, Logan Pointer (USA), his dam was the "non-Standardbred mare", Ivy Cole by King Cole. Logan Pointer sired 187 winners for a record £229,000 prize money. King Cole’s second dam, Charity was a Thoroughbred mare.[2]

Race record

He won the following races:

This was the richest harness race, and sometimes the richest horse race in New Zealand.

Harold Logan raced for the final time in 1938 at the age of 16.

He was an inaugural inductee into the New Zealand Trotting Hall of Fame with the immortals Caduceus, Cardigan Bay, Highland Fling, Johnny Globe and Ordeal.

Harold Logan died at Sefton on 14 April 1948.[3]

See also

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.hrnz.co.nz/data/major_races/major_race1.htm Harness Racing - Complete Race History of the New Zealand Trotting Cup
  2. http://www.harnesslink.com/www/Article.cgi?ID=61448 Harness Link - Logan Pointer: A breeding enigma
  3. News: Harold Logan dies . 15 April 1948 . Gisborne Herald . 5 May 2019 . 8.