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volomite

Year of Birth: 
1926
Immortal: 
Yes
Elected as Immortal: 
1956
Year of Death: 
1954
Gait: 
Trotter
Record: 
t,3,2:03 1/4
Earnings: 
$32,649
Sire: 
Peter Volo
Dam: 
Cita Frisco
Sire of Dam: 
San Francisco
Biography: 

Born at Walnut Hall Farm in Kentucky in 1926, Volomite was by Peter Volo-Cita Frisco. As a yearling he was sold at auction for $5,800 to Thomas D. Taggert of Laurel Hall Farm. Volomite's racing career with Walter Cox was short. After taking a record of 2:03 1/4 at the age of three, he was sold again to Dr. Ogden Edwards and returned to Walnut Hall. Volomite's greatest fame was as a sire of extreme speed at either gait. He sired 28 2:00 horses, 198 in 2:05, and 586 Standard performers. His last three years were in retirement. Volomite died on January 6, 1954 and is buried at Walnut Hall Farm, Lexington, Kentucky.

 Walnut Hall Farm, Lexington, KY

Published in the Harness Racing Museum's 1994 book, The Immortals