Harold Logan

For the Australian rules footballer, see Harold Logan (footballer).

Harold Logan
BreedStandardbred
SireLogan Pointer (USA)
GrandsireStar Pointer
DamIvy Cole (NZ)
Maternal grandsireKing Cole (NZ)
SexGelding
Foaled1 September 1922
CountryNew Zealand
ColourBay
BreederJ.J. ‘Jack’ Coffey
Owner1. P. Brown
2. Miss Effie Hinds (NZ)
Trainer1. F.R. Legg
2. R J ("Dick") Humphreys (NZ)
3. Miss Effie Hinds
Record
108 starts for 29 wins and 20 placings
Major wins
1931 New Zealand Trotting Cup
1932 New Zealand Trotting Cup
Awards
New Zealand Trotting Hall of Fame
Last updated on: 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:

  • 1931 New Zealand Trotting Cup
  • 1932 New Zealand Trotting Cup (handicap 60 Yards)

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

References

  1. ^ Harness Racing - Complete Race History of the New Zealand Trotting Cup Archived 2009-08-01 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Harness Link - Logan Pointer: A breeding enigma Retrieved 2010-3-14
  3. ^ "Harold Logan dies". Gisborne Herald. 15 April 1948. p. 8. Retrieved 5 May 2019.