The Life of Enzo Ferrari - Showing on TV

Watched this last night, I thought it was a great programme with some good vintage footage, Spotted a few mistakes mind you, e.g. where the original Cavalino Rampante Logo came from? Enzo was a great man but his unwaivering belief that the Racing Cars that he built were the biggest reason for success is flawed, as his assumed contempt for 'Rich Amateurs' who bought his sports cars that enabled him to research and develop better racing vehicles. Piero, seems like a much more level headed guy, Surprised Luca didn't make an appearance though ?

Steve

 

I believe it came from a airforcepilot that crashed after he shot a lot of planes. He always had the horse on his plane, because he thought it brought him luck. Later his parents gave it to Enzo after a win, for good luck. Enzo put it on a yellow background and fitted it on his racecars

 

I found this article somewhere on t'Internet that give an explnation of the horse.....

Enjoy,

Stig

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The history of the provenance of the prancing horse in the Ferrari logo is not always clear to everybody and to be honest, we can only go by the explanation that Enzo Ferrari has given himself in his autobiography "My terrible joys" which first appeared in 1963 and in which he says:

"As my trade mark, I continued to use the rampant horse that had been used on the cars of the old Scuderia Ferrari.

The story of this rampant horse is a simple and fascinating one.

The emblem was emblazoned on the fighter plane of Francesco Baracca, the ace of World War I, who was shot down at Montello.

In 1923, when competing in the first Circuito del Savio, at Ravenna, I made acquaintance of Count Enrico Baracca, the hero's father; as a result of that meeting, I was subsequently introduced to the ace's mother, the Countess Paolina Baracca, who one day said to me: Ferrari, why don't you put my son's rampant horse on your car? It will bring you luck"

I still have Baracca's photograph, with his parents dedication in which they entrust the horse to me.

The horse was, and has remained, black; whilst I myself added the gold field, this being the color of Modena"

 

Hitherto, Programme was incorrect and Stig found the correct answer, Piero still refer's to Rampante Cavallino as Baracca's Pony - Even though it is a Stallion !

ATB,

Steve