fred walker owned the lion king he was a legend seen him many times in the flesh on ballinasloe fair in ireland just before he went to america he was a proper horse aswell. one of the thickest and heaviest feathered cob ever bred fred walker still has many daughters of his as breed mares
his mother was the famous (po mare) as she was called and his sire was a colt that died at the age of 2 yo .
people like to say that The Lion King was bred in Ireland. This is not true. His sire and dam were in England, and were bred in England. Lion King's mother was sold to an Irish bree