How an $80 Slaughter Horse Became a World Champion | Snowman Documentary

How an $80 Slaughter Horse Became a World Champion | Snowman Documentary In 1956, Dutch immigrant Harry de Leyer arrived late to a horse auction in Pennsylvania. The only horses remaining were loaded onto a truck bound for a dog-food rendering plant. For just , Harry bought an unkempt plow horse with bloody knees and named him Snowman. Within two years, this discarded plow horse would defeat the world's most expensive European thoroughbreds at Madison Square Garden to win the National Open Jumper Championship. This is the complete, definitive 36-minute documentary chronicling the impossible true story of Snowman, the horse who captured the heart of post-war America. #snowman #HorseDocumentary #showjumping #underdog 0:00 - The Slaughter Truck: An $80 Gamble (1956) 5:06 - The Family Horse & The Escape Artist 9:44 - Defying Conformation: Anatomy of an Unlikely Jumper 14:24 - Long Island Farm Life & The Secret Bond 19:05 - The Open Jumper Circuit: Beating the Bluebloods 23:22 - Madison Square Garden: The National Championship 27:56 - The Duel with Europe's Finest Thoroughbreds 32:39 - America's Horse: The Immortal Legacy