Rare Horse Becomes Internet Gold

1. Winner

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In 1960, the black Akhal-Teke stallion Absent won the Grand Prix de Dressage at the Summer Olympics in Rome. He also won a Bronze in the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and then the Soviet team gold medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics. He’s not considered a “purebred,” because his ancestry has Thoroughbred, however, he is one amazing horse! He’s just one example of the great legacy of the golden horse.