Sleipnir horse Grani, and the narrative adds that the old man was none other than (the god) Odin. Sleipnir is generally considered as appearing in a sequence of events described in book I of "Gesta Danorum". In book I, the young Hadingus encounters "a certain man of great age who had lost an eye" who allies him with Liserus. Hadingus and Liserus set out to wage war on Lokerus, ruler of Kurland. Meeting defeat, the old man takes Hadingus with him onto his horse as they flee to the old man's house, and the two drink an invigorating drought. The old
Midnight (horse) ProRodeo Hall of Fame rode Midnight in Montreal, Quebec. An article in the "Calgary Herald" also claims Pete Knight rode the horse. It was in the late 1920s that McNab sold Midnight to stock contractors Peter Welch and Strawberry Red Wall. The two were producers for Canadian rodeos. The pair then also acquired a smaller black horse called Tumbling Mustard. Tumbling Mustard's previous owner was a Sarcee Indian reservation. Not too long after that, the pair sold both horses to Colonel Jim Skew. Supposedly, he paid $250 for the horse but he was just "too much horse" for his show's