Might Tango | |
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Breed | American Thoroughbred |
Sire | Mighty Mine |
Grandsire | Mighty Story |
Dam | Bettango |
Maternal grandsire | Mustango |
Sex | Gelding |
Foaled | 1971 |
Country | United States |
Colour | Gray |
Trainer | Bruce Davidson |
Medal record | ||
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World Championships | ||
1978 Lexington | Individual Eventing | |
1978 Lexington | Team Eventing |
Might Tango (1971 - 1995) was a top eventing horse trained and ridden by American Bruce Davidson.
Might Tango was found by Robert Tindle as a mount for Bruce Davidson. The gelding had raced as a two-year-old in California before he began his eventing career. As a relatively inexperienced eventing horse, Might Tango took Davidson to a win at the 1978 World Championships in Lexington, earning the individual gold medal and team bronze at the young age of seven. [1]
Might Tango lived to the age of 24, and is now buried at Davidson's Chesterland Farm in Unionville, Pennsylvania.
Sire Mighty Mine 1958 | Mighty Story 1943 | Mahmoud 1933 | Blenheim - 1927 |
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Mah Mahal - 1928 | |||
Little Lie 1932 | Sickle - 1924 | ||
Fib - 1928 | |||
Mistress Mine 1945 | Roman 1937 | Sir Gallahad - 1920 | |
Buckup - 1928 | |||
Maitresse Royale 1938 | Vatout - 1926 | ||
Royal Mistress - 1920 | |||
Dam Bettango 1966 | Mustango 1952 | Mustang 1941 | Mieuxce - 1933 |
Buzz Fuzz - 1933 | |||
Lion Cub 1939 | Coup De Lyon - 1930 | ||
Seaton - ~1929 | |||
Betti 1955 | Lyco 1943 | Sickle - 1924 | |
Carla - 1936 | |||
Bette Royal 1948 | Beti Bat - 1934 | ||
Royal Kate - 1935 |
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