Bred by H H Wilson, Abdallah Park, Lexington, Kentucky.
In 1887 sold to Charles A Durfee.
McKinney was taken to California to be developed by Jim Durfee
and used as a sire at the same time.
In the year of 1902 he changed owner twice. First he went to
Bloomington, Indiana. Later William Simpson bought him, to be
in service at Empire State Stud in the state of New York. All by all he would very well have produced more then 1400 foals.
McKinney was 1,58 m (15,2 hands) high.
Fransson, B. 1985. "Hästen som tillhörde Vilda
Västern".
Trav och Galoppronden
(Swedish edition), Vinternummer 1985,
s. 98-111.