Go Man Go was foaled on the JB Ferguson Ranch at Wharton Texas, in 1953. It was said he was quite a rascal, and that he never outgrew that. He also lived to run. And run he did.
Before the strawberry roan quarter horse stallion got to the racetrack, he had to be broke. Robert Strauss, a lifetime horseman and ex-jockey, got the job. He was quoted as saying, "It took me forever to get up the nerve to get on that horse the first time, and I had been riding all of my life. I guarantee you he had buck on his mind every morning."
The famous quarterhorse's first race was quite a race, to two for Go Man Go. While still in the gate he reared, dumped his jockey, broke out of the gate, and raced down the track. It took a while to get a hold of him, but they eventually did, and put him back in the gate. When the race really started, he ran to the front and won it.
Go Man Go won that year, World Champion Quarter Running Horse, Champion Quarter Running Stallion and Champion Quarter Running Two year old. He was named the same as a three year old, and a four year old. He was still racing well as a six year old.
As a sire, Go Man Go, also set records. He was the sire of Rocket Wrangler. As we know he was the sire of Dash for Cash. Who in some sort of running event doesn't want Dash for Cash breeding? Go Man Go was the leading sire of money earners in 1971,1972,1976, and 1977.
Go Man Go died October 14, 1983 at 30 years old, on the Buena Suerta Ranch, Roswell, New Mexico.
Source - Western Horseman "Legends".
GO MAN GO
From the word GO, he was a champion. Go Man Go would dominate the American Quarter Horse racing scene like no other in history. Aptly named, Go Man Go was foaled in 1953, and although neither his mother nor father raced, he quickly proved he had the ability of a champion. In his career, Go Man Go earned many honors. Three times he was named World Champion Racing American Quarter Horse, including becoming the first 2-year-old to ever claim that honor. He earned multiple divisional titles, set three track records and a world record, equaled a world record and became one of the greatest sires in American Quarter Horse racing.
