poplar byrd
Year of Birth:
1944
Immortal:
Yes
Elected as Immortal:
1976
Year of Death:
1975
Gait:
Pacer
Record:
p,T1:59.3
Earnings:
$69,300
Sire:
Volomite
Dam:
Ann Vonian
Sire of Dam:
Grattan At Law
Biography:
Owned by Rex and Ethel Larkin of Poplar Hill Farm, in Lexington, Kentucky, Poplar Byrd was a top colt pacer and free-for-all star by Volomite-Ann Vonian. He was the sire of Bye Bye Byrd 1:56.4 and Rum Customer 1:56. They were among twenty pacers sired by Poplar Byrd with records of 2:00 or less. Poplar Byrd died at Marsh Stud in LeRoy, Illinois in 1975.
Published in the Harness Racing Museum's 1994 book, The Immortals