The Story of The Horse Racing Buffalo: Harvey Wallbanger
Our American Stories
iHeartPodcasts
4.6 • 817 Ratings
🗓️ 11 March 2025
⏱️ 9 minutes
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On this episode of Our American Stories, have you ever seen a buffalo race horses and win? Harvey Wallbanger did—and on real racetracks against real racehorses. Francie Berg of Buffalo Tales and Trails tells this remarkable...and wacky story.
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| 0:48.9 | Today we're going to start with a story about a man who placed his bet on what may be |
| 0:53.6 | the most unique competitor to ever hit a horse racing scene. |
| 0:58.2 | Here's Francie Berg with the story of racetrack legend Harvey Wallbanger. |
| 1:21.5 | Music. My name is Transeberg, and I have a website that's only on Buffalo. |
| 1:24.4 | So we have lots of stories. |
| 1:28.5 | And one of them is Harvey Walbanger, the racing buffalo. |
| 1:41.3 | His second race was in Mount City, Montana, which is my hometown, and when I was growing up, |
| 1:45.5 | we had many entertaining things at a rodeo. |
| 1:49.8 | Nowadays, it's just, you know, all these guys want to compete for their money. |
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