Warpaint
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Warpaint was the mascot pinto horse for the Kansas City Chiefs National Football League team from 1963 to 1989.
The gelding is most famously associated with the Chiefs' glory days at Municipal Stadium when the team won two American Football League Championships. Warpaint led the victory parade after the Chiefs won Super Bowl IV. The Chiefs may have considered bringing a horse of the same name back for a future season.[1][2]
During its heyday the horse ridden bareback by rider Bob Johnson who wore full Indian headdress circled the field at the beginning of the game and then did a victory "dance" at each touchdown. The horse was said to have lost its footing when the team switched from natural grass at Municipal Stadium to artificial turf at Arrowhead Stadium. Charges were also made that the horse and rider were demeaning to Native Americans, helping to end its use as the team's mascot.
The horse was replaced by the K.C. Wolf in 1989.
The first Warpaint was born in 1955. The second Warpaint was born in 1968. The second Warpaint died in 2005 at the age of 37 at Benjamin Stables in Kansas City and is buried there. He made an appearance at a 1997 Chiefs game where he got a standing ovation from a sold-out crowd. [3]
[edit] References
- ^ "Part 3: Chiefs still ‘Rock and Roll’", The Kansas City Star, September 1, 2006.
- ^ "Another Warpaint comes and goes", The Kansas City Star, November 5, 2006. Retrieved on December 10, 2006.
- ^ Veterinary Medical Review University of Missouri-Columbia Fall/Winter 1999 (pdf)
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