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Apple Blossom Handicap
The Apple Blossom Handicap is a Graded stakes race, Grade I American Thoroughbred horse race for filly, fillies and mares that are four years old or older, run under handicap conditions over a distance of one and one-sixteenth miles on the dirt track held annually in April at Oaklawn Park Race Track, Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Arkansas. The 2024 running carried a purse of $1,250,000. History The race over the years has become the premier event for Distaff#Thoroughbred horse racing, distaffers in the Spring, however its beginnings were inconsistent and were far from what we see today. Nonetheless, the inaugural running was on 21 March 1958, as the Apple Blossom Purse, for horses three-years-old or older over the current distance and was won by the three year old colt Count De Blanc in a time of 1:43. The event at that time was a preparatory event for the Arkansas Derby because in his next start Count De Blanc duly proceeded to win that event. The current preparatory event for th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oaklawn Park Race Track
Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort, formerly Oaklawn Park Race Track, is an American thoroughbred horse race, thoroughbred racetrack and casino in Hot Springs, Arkansas. It is the home to "The Racing Festival of the South", a four-day series of races that concludes with the Arkansas Derby. In 2017, Oaklawn was ranked fifth among thoroughbred racetracks in North America by the Horseplayers Association of North America. In 2015, a pair of victories at Oaklawn put American Pharoah on the path to becoming American Horse of the Year and the first Triple Crown winner in 37 years. History Oaklawn Park opened on February 24, 1904. The city declared a holiday to mark the occasion, and more than 3,000 people attended the first day of racing. In its early years, the track ran six races a day, similar to British cards. In 1907, political problems in the state forced the closure of Oaklawn. Both original business partners had died, so the closed track was sold, to Louis Cella. The track reopen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northernette
Northernette (foaled March 4, 1974 – after 1998) was a Canadian Thoroughbred Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame, Hall of Fame horse racing, racehorse. A Canadian champion at both ages two and three, she was also a Grade I horserace, Grade I stakes winner in the United States. Background Northernette was a Bay (horse), bay mare who was bred in Ontario by E.P. Taylor, called the "chief architect of the modern evolution of Canadian racing and breeding" by the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame. Taylor was the founder of the Canadian Jockey Club and helped run several other prominent racing institutions. He is best known as the owner and breeder of the great Northern Dancer, who was the first Canadian-bred horse to win the Kentucky Derby and later became one of the most dominant sires in Thoroughbred history. Taylor also bred the mare South Ocean (horse), South Ocean, who won the Canadian Oaks in 1970 and later produced eight winners from twelve foals. When bred to Northern Dancer, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Champion Older Female Horse
The Eclipse Award for Champion Older Dirt Female Horse is an American Thoroughbred horse racing honor awarded annually to a filly or mare, four years old and up, for performances on dirt and main track racing surfaces. In 1971, it became part of the Eclipse Awards program as the award for Champion Older Female Horse. In 1936 both the ''Turf & Sports Digest'' magazine and ''Daily Racing Form'' (DRF) began naming an annual champion. Starting in 1950, the Thoroughbred Racing Associations (TRA) began naming its own champion. The following list provides the name of the horses chosen by both of these organizations. Whenever there were different champions named, the horses are listed side-by-side with the one chosen as champion by the ''Daily Racing Form'' noted with the letters (DRF), the one chosen by the Thoroughbred Racing Associations by the letters (TRA) and the one chosen by ''Turf and Sports Digest'' by the letters (TSD). Prior to 1971 this award was referred to as "Champion Female ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Horse Of The Year
The American Award for Horse of the Year, or simply Horse of the Year, one of the Eclipse Awards, is the highest honor given in American thoroughbred horse racing. Because Thoroughbred horse racing in the United States has no governing body to sanction the various awards, "Horse of the Year" is not an official national award. The Champion award is a designation given to a horse, irrespective of age, whose performance during the racing year was deemed the most outstanding. The list below is a Champion's history compilation beginning with the year 1887 published by the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association's '' The Blood-Horse'' magazine (founded 1961), described by ESPN as "the Thoroughbred industry's most-respected trade publication". In 1936 a Horse of the Year award was created by a poll of the staff of '' The New York Morning Telegraph'' and its sister newspaper, the ''Daily Racing Form'' (DRF), a tabloid founded in 1894 that was focused on statistical information for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azeri (horse)
Azeri (foaled May 6, 1998) is an American Hall of Fame champion thoroughbred racehorse who was 2002 US Horse of the Year and Champion Older Female from 2002 to 2004. Breeding Azeri was foaled May 6, 1998, in Versailles, Kentucky. She was bred and owned by Allen E. Paulson, who named her for an aviation checkpoint in Baku, Azerbaijan. She was sired by Jade Hunter (winner of the Grade 1 Donn Handicap and the G1 Gulfstream Park Handicap), who was a son of Mr. Prospector. Azeri is the only starter out of the Ahonoora mare Zodiac Miss, who was bred in Australia by John Messara's Arrowfield Stud. She is a descendant of the family of 1999 Breeders' Cup Mile winner Silic (FR). Australian bloodstock agents Brian King and James Bester (with California-based agent Denny Boultinghouse) recommended Zodiac Miss to Paulson, and the filly was shipped to US to race for her new owner. At the end of her racing career, Paulson sent Zodiac Miss to the breeding shed. Paulson was an aerospace mag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allen E
Allen, Allen's or Allens may refer to: Buildings * Allen Arena, an indoor arena at Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee * Allen Center, a skyscraper complex in downtown Houston, Texas * Allen Fieldhouse, an indoor sports arena on the University of Kansas campus in Lawrence * Allen House (other) * Allen Power Plant (other) Businesses *Allen (brand), an American tool company * Allen's, an Australian brand of confectionery *Allens (law firm), an Australian law firm formerly known as Allens Arthur Robinson *Allen's (restaurant), a former hamburger joint and nightclub in Athens, Georgia, United States *Allen & Company LLC, a small, privately held investment bank * Allens of Mayfair, a butcher shop in London from 1830 to 2015 * Allens Boots, a retail store in Austin, Texas * Allens, Inc., a brand of canned vegetables based in Arkansas, US, now owned by Del Monte Foods * Allen's department store, a.k.a. Allen's, George Allen, Inc., Philadelphia, USA People * All ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banshee Breeze
Banshee Breeze (1995–2001) was an American Champion Thoroughbred racehorse. A winner of five Grade 1 races, she was voted the 1998 American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly. Background Banshee Breeze was bred in Kentucky by James B. Tafel. She was her mother's, Banshee Winds, first foal. Her sire was Unbridled, the winner of the 1990 Kentucky Derby and Breeders' Cup Classic. Racing career Banshee Breeze only raced once as a two-year-old, coming seventh in a maiden race at Churchill Downs. Her three-year-old debut was a maiden race at Gulfstream Park, which she won by 3 ¾ lengths. She then won an allowance race by eight lengths. Banshee Breeze won her first graded stakes on March 16, 1998, the Bonnie Miss Stakes. Her trainer was doubtful she was ready for the race, but Doug Bredar, stakes coordinator at Gulfstream Park at the time, persuaded him she belonged in the field. Banshee Breeze ended up winning by 11 ½ lengths. She then came third in the Ashland Stakes. Banshee Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Escena
{{Infobox racehorse , horsename = Escena , image = , caption = , sire = Strawberry Road , grandsire = Whiskey Road , dam = Claxton's Slew , damsire = Seattle Slew , sex = Filly , foaled = 1993 , country = United States , colour = Bay , breeder = Allen E. Paulson , owner = Guy and Diane Snowden , trainer = William I. Mott , record = 29: 11-9-3 , earnings = US$2,962,639 , race = Fantasy Stakes (1996) Ramona Handicap (1997)Apple Blossom Handicap (1998) Vanity Invitational Handicap (1998) Louisville Breeders' Cup Handicap (1998)Fleur de Lis Handicap (1998) Breeders' Cup wins:Breeders' Cup Distaff (1998) , awards = American Champion Older Female Horse (1998) , honours = , updated= Escena (foaled 1993 in Kentucky, died 2015) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse. She had her best season as a five-year-old in 1998 when her wins included the Breeders' Cup Distaff. In that season she was voted American Champion Older Female Horse at the Eclipse Awards. Backg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heavenly Prize
Heavenly Prize (February 17, 1991 – 2013) was a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse. She was a Grade I winner at ages two, three and four, and never finished out of the money. She was named the American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly of 1994 after winning the Alabama, Gazelle and Beldame Stakes, plus finishing second in the Breeders' Cup Distaff. Her four-year-old campaign was equally noteworthy, with wins in the Apple Blossom, Hempstead (now the Ogden Phipps), Go for Wand and John A. Morris (now the Personal Ensign). She was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 2018. Background Heavenly Prize was bred in Kentucky by Ogden Phipps, for whom she raced as a homebred. Over a lifetime involved in the sport, Phipps had owned and bred multiple champions including Buckpasser, Easy Goer and Personal Ensign, though he somewhat notoriously lost a coin flip that decided the ownership of Secretariat. Heavenly Prize was sired by Seeking the Gold, another majo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly
The American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly is an American Thoroughbred horse racing honor awarded annually to a female horse in Thoroughbred flat racing. It became part of the Eclipse Awards program in 1971. The award originated in 1936 when both the ''Daily Racing Form'' (DRF) and Turf and Sports Digest (TSD) magazine began naming an annual champion. Starting in 1950, the Thoroughbred Racing Associations (TRA) began naming its own champion. The following list provides the name of the horses chosen by these organizations. There were several disagreements, with more than one champion being recognized on five occasions. In 1949, two Calumet Farm fillies, Wistful and Two Lea, shared the Champion's title after finishing equal top of the Daily Racing Form poll. The ''Daily Racing Form'', the Thoroughbred Racing Associations, and the National Turf Writers Association all joined forces in 1971 to create the Eclipse Award. In 1978, the voting resulted in a tie between two fillies. Cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paseana
Paseana (August 23, 1987 – June 21, 2006) was an Argentine-bred Thoroughbred racemare who competed very successfully in Argentina and in the United States, where she won 10 Grade 1 races. She received two Eclipse Awards and was also elected to the Racing Hall of Fame. Breeding Paseana was sired by successful racehorse and sire Ahmad. Her dam, Pasiflin, was by Flintham (IRE), a Group winner and leading sire in South America. Paseana was linebred (4m x 5f) to the important sire Nasrullah and her sire's dam, Azyade, was inbred (2m x 4f) to Congreve.Morris, Simon; ''Tesio Power 2000 - Stallions of the World'', Syntax Software Racing record Paseana won Grade 1 races in Argentina before being sold at age four to Americans Jenny & Sidney Craig, noted business personalities who founded the weight loss company Jenny Craig, Inc. Based in California, future Hall of Fame inductee Ron McAnally took over Paseana's conditioning. In 1991, Paseana began a seven-race win streak, of which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bayakoa
Bayakoa (October 10, 1984 – June 14, 1997) was a Thoroughbred Champion racehorse bred in Argentina. After racing successfully in that country, Bayakoa was sold to Janis and Frank Whitham and subsequently raced in the United States, mainly in California. In the course of her career, Bayakoa won 13 Grade I stakes races including back-to-back renewals of the Breeders' Cup Distaff. She was the American Champion Older Female Horse of both 1989 and 1990 and was subsequently inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame. In the Blood-Horse magazine List of the Top 100 Racehorses of the 20th Century, she was ranked 95th. Background Bayakoa was a bay mare bred by Haras Principal in Argentina though many of her ancestors were from the United States. Her sire Consultant's Bid, exported to Argentina in 1982, was an American-bred son of champion Bold Bidder. Her dam Arlucea was a stakes winner in Argentina whose sire Good Manners was an American-bred son of champion Nashua. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
