Adding a Horse Before you add a horse to this database, please make sure that the horse doesn't already exist in the database. Also, remember that this database is open to Thoroughbred Horses only. Please help us out and do not add horses from other breeds to this database. Add/Edit Information * Horse (TB's Only):GAY VIC * Sex: Gelding Horse Colt Gelding Filly Mare * Year of birth (4 digits): Sire: Dam: Group/Grade I Winner:Yes | No Extra Optional Information (Information Last Updated: 03/22/18 ) Country of Birth(2 or 3 letter code) USA None (United States) ARG (Argentina) AUS (Australia) AUT (Austria) AZE (Azerbaijan) BAR (Barbados) BEL (Belgium) BHR (Bahrain) BIH (Bosnia and Herzegovina) BRZ (Brazil) BUL (Bulgaria) BZ (Belize) CAN (Canada) CHI (Chile) COL (Columbia) CRI (Costa Rica) CRO (Croatia) CU (Cuba) CYP (Cyprus) CZE (Czech Republic) DEN (Denmark) DR (Dominican Republic) ECU (Ecuador) FR (France) GD (Grenada) GDR (East Germany) GEO (Georgia) GER (Germany) GB (Great Britain) GR (Greece) GTM (Guatemala) GY (Guyana) HOL (Holland) HUN (Hungary) IND (India) IRA (Iran) IRE (Ireland) ISR (Israel) ITY (Italy) JAM (Jamaica) JPN (Japan) KAZ (Kazakhstan) KEN (Kenya) KWT (Kuwait) KG (Kyrgyzstan) LBY (Libya) LC (St Lucia) LEB (Lebanon) LTU (Lithuania) LU (Luxembourg) MAC (Macau) MAR (Martinique) MAL (Malaysia) MEX (Mexico) MDA (Moldova) MOR (Morocco) NZ (New Zealand) NOR (Norway) PAK (Pakistan) PAN (Panama) PER (Peru) PHI (Philippines) POL (Poland) POR (Portugal) PR (Puerto Rico) PRY (Paraguay) QA (Qatar) ROM (Romania) RUS (Russia) SDA (Saudi Arabia) SRB (Serbia) SLO (Slovakia) SVN (Slovenia) SAF (South Africa) KOR (South Korea) SPA (Spain) STK (St. Kitts) STV (St. Vincent) SWE (Sweden) SWI (Switzerland) SYR (Syria) THA (Thailand) TRI (Trinidad) TUN (Tunisia) TUR (Turkey) UAE (United Arab Emirates) USA (United States) UKR (Ukraine) URU (Uruguay) UZB (Uzbekistan) VEN (Venezuela) VNM (Vietnam) WI (West Indies) YU (Yugoslavia) ZIM (Zimbabwe) Color br No Color Bay (b) Black (blk) Black/Brown (blk/br) Brown (br) Buckskin/Dun (buck) Chestnut (ch) Dark Bay/Brown (dkb/br) Dark Chestnut (dkch) Gray (gr) Gray/Roan (gr/r) Palomino (pal) Roan (ro) White (w) Statistics Foals Runners Winners: Stakes Winners: AEI: CI: AWD: Picture URL (Log in to be able to upload your own photo) Breeder/OwnerBreeder: Owner: Information Height: Stud Fee: State Bred (2 letters) Career Record Starts: - 1st: | 2nd: | 3rd: Career Earnings (ie. $100,000 or Unraced) Blacktype Horse Yes | NoMinor Races Won Please use our Stakes Database to enter in major races won. Original registered name for Olympic jumper SnowboundAdded to Show Jumping Hall of Fame in 2005 also California Hall of FameSustained two bowed tendons on the track and ended up in the barn of Barbara Worth Oakford who inadvertently named him Snowbound. Barbara made the comment, "With those bows he might as well be snowbound as to think he'll make a show horse." which the grooms picked up on and started calling him Snowbound. Conformation Notes Other Factual Information:(500 Chars)John Galvin purchased Snowbound for the U.S. Equestrian Team in 1964 after seeing him at a show. William Steinkrause on Snowbound won the first individual Olympic show-jumping gold medal for the U.S. at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City.
Sustained two bowed tendons on the track and ended up in the barn of Barbara Worth Oakford who inadvertently named him Snowbound. Barbara made the comment, "With those bows he might as well be snowbound as to think he'll make a show horse." which the grooms picked up on and started calling him Snowbound.