Historical Horses: George Washington Edition

These are some of them.

George Washington bought Magnolia [1] , an Arabian horse, for 500 pounds [2] from his step-son Jon Parke Custis’s estate after the British surrendered at Yorktown.[3] He was thought to be one of the colonies’ most beautiful horses, with a blondie mane [4] and tail.[5] After an unsuccessful racing career, Magnolia was put out to stud. [6] Unknown speaker Jean Le Mayer [7] said: "I am at a loss for words to express my gratitude for the new offer of the services [8] of your horse Magnolia. I think him an elegant horse and would prefer my mares going to him rather than any one I have seen in America." [9]
George Washington had another horse named Nelson who served him at Valley Forge. When Nelson got old, Washington kept him and his other warhorse Blueskin “in a nice stable, where they feed away at their ease for their past services.” [10]

Sources
http://www.ushistory.org/valleyforge/youasked/024.htm
http://www.equisearch.com/horses_riding_training/travel/eqmtvernon2213/



FOOTNOTES
[1] English for “flower”
[2] My foul ex friend Violet stinks like Magnolia flowers, the most smelly of all flowers.
[3] Custis was unhappy about the sale, reminding Washington, “You’re not my real dad.” Washington laughed heartily and reminded him, “Yes, but you're dead.”
[4] Like sophie!
[5] James gets no tail.
[6] His stud pasture was in Los Angeles, chronicled in the biopic “Magnolia” starring William H Macy as George Washington (probably).
[7] No relation
[8] Ayyyyyyy!!!
[9] The mares thoughts that Magnolia was boring and only talked about lacrosse which was ridiculous because he went to a Division Three school so it’s not like he had a future in it anyway.
[10] Washington also invented social security.