Editing Man o' War (section)

==Legacy==
Man o' War was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1957. In 1959, the [[Man o' War Stakes]] was created in his honor.<ref name=ACP /> In ''[[The Blood-Horse]]'' magazine 1999 ranking of the [[Blood-Horse magazine List of Top 100 Racehorses of the 20th Century|top 100 U.S. Thoroughbred champions of the 20th Century]], Man o' War was ranked No. 1.<ref name="secretariat"/> He was also ranked No. 1 by the Associated Press as the greatest horse of the 20th century in a separate poll.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.espn.com/sports/horse/news/story?id=247832 | work=espn.com | publisher=The Associated Press |title=Man o'War voted best of 20th Century | date=December 22, 1999}}</ref> He was also ranked No. 1 greatest horse in racing history by ''Sports Illustrated'' (panel of 7) in 1992.<ref name="si.com">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.si.com/vault/issue/710861/12/2 | magazine=Sports Illustrated | first=William | last=Reed | title=Then & Now 30 Years Ago 'the Best I Ever Rode' | date=October 27, 1992  |access-date=October 24, 2016}}</ref><ref name="Reed">{{cite news|url=https://www.si.com/vault/1992/10/27/127453/then--now-30-years-ago-the-best-i-ever-rode | work=si.com | first=William | last=Reed | title=Then & Now 30 Years Ago 'the Best I Ever Rode' | date=October 27, 1992}}</ref><ref name=Livingston2017 /> ESPN ranked Man o' War as number 84 on their list of the top North American athletes of the 20th century, compiled for the ''[[SportsCentury]]'' documentary series.<ref name=ACP /> He was one of three racehorses on their list, along with [[Secretariat (horse)|Secretariat]] (34th) and [[Citation (horse)|Citation]] (97th).<ref>{{cite web |title=Top N. American athletes of the century |url=https://www.espn.com/sportscentury/athletes.html |website=ESPN.com |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=3 May 2024}}</ref>

There is a roadside historical marker at the location of his birthplace in Lexington (Nursery Stud), though the site has since been redeveloped. The stallion barn at Faraway Farm where he spent most of his life was renovated in the early 2000s - it is now part of Mt. Brilliant Farm.<ref name=Livingston2017 /> His stall door was loaned to the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in Saratoga as part a special exhibit, "Man o' War at 100", that opened on March 29, 2017.<ref name="MoWat100">{{cite web|last1=Russo|first1=Nicole|title=Man o' War at 100: Champion's legacy echoes through century|url=http://www.drf.com/news/man-o-war-100-champions-legacy-echoes-through-century|website=Daily Racing Form|access-date=March 28, 2017|language=en}}</ref>

Glen Riddle Farm in Maryland was home to Man o' War during the off seasons of his racing career. The land was redeveloped in the early 2000s as GlenRiddle, a [[gated community]] with two golf courses, one of which is named in Man o' War's honor. The barn in which Man o' War stayed was converted into the golf clubhouse.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Keyser|first1=Tom|title=For Glen Riddle, it's the finish line|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/2004/04/03/for-glen-riddle-its-the-finish-line/|website=tribunedigital-baltimoresun|access-date=March 30, 2017|language=en|archive-date=2017-03-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170331114855/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2004-04-03/sports/0404030119_1_war-admiral-riddle-farm|url-status=live}}</ref> In the 1950s, the Riddle estate sold the property Riddle had owned in [[Glen Riddle, Pennsylvania]], which became the [[Riddlewood, Pennsylvania|Riddlewood]] housing development. One of the roads in Riddlewood is named Man o' War Drive, another is War Admiral Lane.<ref>{{cite web|title=Middletown |url=https://justwestofphiladelphia.wordpress.com/category/suburban-philadelphia/middletown/|website=justwestofphiladelphia.wordpress.com|access-date=March 30, 2017|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Neighborhood Map Riddlewood Middletown Township Delaware County Pennsylvania|url=http://www.livingplaces.com/PA/Delaware_County/Middletown_Township/Riddlewood_Map.html|website=www.livingplaces.com|access-date= March 30, 2017}}</ref> [[Man o' War Boulevard]], a major [[Arterial road|arterial]] that circles to the south of Lexington, is also named in the horse's honor. [[Central of Georgia Railway]] once ran a Man o' War passenger train between Atlanta and Columbus.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Cox|first1=Jim|title=Rails Across Dixie: A History of Passenger Trains in the American South|date=17 November 2010|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786461752|page=66|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gY4FgCKdb7UC&q=man+o%27+war+boulevard+history&pg=PA66|language=en}}</ref>

===In books and film===
He has been the subject of several biographies. The first, titled ''Big Red'', was by [[Clarence William Anderson|C. W. Anderson]] and was published in 1943. ''Man o' War'', by Page Cooper and [[Roger Treat]], was published in 1950, and is a classic of its kind.  [[Walter Farley]], author of ''[[The Black Stallion]]'' series, also wrote a slightly fictional biography of Man o' War in 1962. In 2000, [[Edward L. Bowen]] wrote a  biography called ''Man o' War: Thoroughbred Legends'' from [[Eclipse Press]]. In 2006, Dorothy Ours wrote a new, extensively sourced biography titled ''Man o' War: A Legend Like Lightning''. Man o' War is also featured in several books on Thoroughbred breeding, including [[Avalyn Hunter|Avalyn Hunter's]] ''American Classic Pedigrees (1914–2002)''.<ref name=ACP />

In 1925, Man o' War was seen in the film ''[[Kentucky Pride]]'' which was directed by [[John Ford]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/K/KentuckyPride1925.html|title=Silent Era : Progressive Silent Film List}}</ref>

===Cultural references===
In [[Sterling A. Brown]]'s poem about Kentucky and an African American in pre-[[Civil Rights]] America, "Kentucky Blues" from ''Southern Road'', a reference is made to Man o' War. The poem discusses Thoroughbred horses and other characteristics attributed to the state.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Tidwell|first1=John Edgar|last2=Tracy|first2=Steven C.|title=After Winter: The Art and Life of Sterling A. Brown|date=2 February 2009|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780199710898|pages=32, 323|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hRk02ccdrMIC&pg=PA323|language=en}}</ref>

According to Joey DeMaio, the heavy metal band [[Manowar]] was named after the horse.<ref>[[Michael Custodis]], chapter: Manowar und das Erbe Richard Wagners, in: Klassische Musik heute. Eine Spurensuche in der Rockmusik, Bielefeld transcript-Verlag 2009 {{ISBN|978-3-8376-1249-3}}.</ref>

In the 1970 motion picture ''[[M*A*S*H (film)|M*A*S*H]]'', the character Trapper John makes the apocryphal claim that a necropsy performed upon Man o' War following his death revealed that he was a homosexual horse, despite his prolific breeding history.

The song "Action Man" by the band [[Widespread Panic]] tells the story of Man o' War. The song references his Sire and Dam, [[Fair Play (horse)|Fair Play]] and [[Mahubah]], as well as his offspring [[War Admiral]].