Blue Blaze - Amarillo College - Amarillo, TX
N 35° 11.994 W 101° 50.322
14S E 241559 N 3898903
Blue Blaze stands at the Amarillo College Business & Industry Center, 1314 S Polk St, Amarillo, TX. She is one of over a hundred horses placed in the area as part of the Hoof Prints of the American Quarter Horse project.
Waymark Code: WMZ5M5
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 09/13/2018
Views: 3
The plate on the base identifies Blue Blaze as the creation of Karly McCutchan & Shawnee Ruthstrom, and she is owned by Amarillo College. Blue Blaze has a mosaic-like pattern, with black-outlined patches of varying sizes and shades of blue. Amarillo College's "AC" is on saddlebags on each of her flanks, and even her eyes are blue!
Physical Address:
1314 S Polk St
Amarillo, TX USA
79101
Web site: [Web Link]
Horses Name: Blue Blaze
Background Story:
"Hoof Prints of the American Quarter Horse" is a city-wide public art display featuring more than 100 fiberglass replicas of an American Quarter Horse. Handled by Center City of Amarillo, with the American Quarter Horse Association as sponsor. it was begun in 2002 to raise money and promote art in public places. Each is a life-sized American Quarter Horse, in honor of an animal so vital to the city of Amarillo. Each horse weighs 125 pounds, and costs $3,500, requiring from three to six months from a local artist to create.
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