Johanna de leyer wikipedia

By Doris Degner-Foster

Harry deLeyer is famous for his partnership with Snowman, a grey gelding that he rescued from the kill wagon and rode to win at the elite level of show jumping, competing against the top horses in the country. Harry’s daughter Harriet has been credited with naming the broken-down former plow horse that arrived at the family farm on a snowy, dark evening in 1956. Four-year-old Harriet didn’t notice the gelding was neglected and thin but saw a sweet horse with snow all over him. She said he looked like a snowman, and the name stuck.

Harry became famous for his amazing success with Snowman in 1958 and the story was told to numerous magazines and newspapers of the former plow horse that Harry rode to victory over the blue bloods of the horse world. His daughter Harriet told the rest of the story about her famous father and growing up as a deLeyer.

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