Legend Of The Prancing Horase Ferrari
The Legend of the Prancing Horse
“The story of the prancing horse is simple and fascinating. The horse was painted on the fuselage of the fighter plane flown by Francesco Baracca, a heroic Italian pilot who died on Mount Montello: the Italian ace of aces of the First World War.
In 1923, when I won the first Savio circuit, which was run in Ravenna, I met Count Enrico Baracca, the pilots father, and subsequently his mother, Countess Paolina.
One day she said to me, “Ferrari, why dont you put my sons prancing horse on your cars; it would bring you luck.” I still have Baraccas photograph with the dedication by his parents, in which they entrusted the emblem to me. The horse was black and has remained so; I added the canary yellow background because it is the colour of Modena.”
…Enzo Ferrari
The Ferrari Stables emblem appeared for the first time in 1929 on all company publications, signage and official papers, but not on the cars, which belonged to Alfa Romeo and wore the Alfa colours, a green cloverleaf in a white triangle.
The shield made its debut on the cars on July 9 and 10, 1932, at the Spa 24 Hours.
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