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Hukum Ka Ikka
Hukum (foaled 2 April 2017) is a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. He won the second of his two starts as a juvenile in 2019 and improved to become a high-class middle-distance performer in the following year when he took the King George V Stakes and Geoffrey Freer Stakes. In 2021 he repeated his win in the Geoffrey Freer Stakes as well as taking the Tapster Stakes, John Smith's Silver Cup Stakes and Cumberland Lodge Stakes. Hukum went on to further success as a five-year-old when he won the Dubai City of Gold and the Coronation Cup before his season was ended by injury. He returned as a six-year-old to win the Brigadier Gerard Stakes and the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes. The horse was retired on 15 October 2023 to stand at stud in Japan. Background Hukum is a bay horse with no white Horse markings, markings bred in England by Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum's Shadwell Estate. The colt was sent into training with Owen Burrows (racehorse trainer), Owen Burrows a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Owner Mr Hamdan Al Maktoum
Ownership is the state or fact of legal possession and control over property, which may be any asset, Tangible asset, tangible or Intangible asset, intangible. Ownership can involve multiple rights, collectively referred to as ''Title (property), title'', which may be separated and held by different parties. The process and mechanics of ownership are fairly complex: one can gain, transfer, and lose ownership of property in a number of ways. To acquire property one can purchase it with money, trade it for other property, win it in a bet, receive it as a gift, inheritance, inherit it, Discovery (observation), find it, receive it as damages, earn it by doing work or performing services, Manufacturing, make it, or Homestead principle, homestead it. One can transfer or lose ownership of property by Sales, selling it for money, Trade, exchanging it for other property, giving it as a gift, Lost, mislaid, and abandoned property, misplacing it, or having it stripped from one's ownership t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horse Markings
Markings on horses are usually distinctive white areas on an otherwise dark base equine coat color, coat color. Most horses have some markings, and they help to identify the horse as a unique individual. Markings are present at birth and do not change over the course of the horse's life. Most markings have pink skin underneath most of the white hairs, though a few faint markings may occasionally have white hair with no underlying pink skin. Markings may appear to change slightly when a horse grows or sheds its winter coat, however this difference is simply a factor of hair coat length; the underlying pattern does not change. On a gray (horse), gray horse, markings visible at birth may become hidden as the horse turns white with age, but markings can still be determined by trimming the horse's hair closely, then wetting down the coat to see where there is pink skin and black skin under the hair. Recent studies have examined the genetics behind white markings and have located ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Listed Race
Group races, also known as Pattern races, or Graded races in some jurisdictions, are the highest level of races in Thoroughbred horse racing. They include most of the world's iconic races, such as the Derby, Irish Derby and Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in Europe, the Melbourne Cup in Australia, and the Kentucky Derby and Breeders' Cup races in the United States. Victory in these races marks a horse as being particularly talented, if not exceptional, and they are extremely important in determining stud values. They are also sometimes referred to as Black type races, since any horse that has won or placed in one of these races is printed in bold type in sales catalogues. The International Grading and Race Planning Advisory Committee (IRPAC), part of the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities (IFHA), enforces quality standards for the designation of group and graded races internationally. Group race system The Group race system divides races into one of four categories, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sea The Moon
Sea The Moon (foaled 27 January 2011) is a retired German Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 2014 Deutsches Derby. He was trained by Markus Klug, and bred and owned by Gestut Görlsdorf. Background Sea The Moon is a bay colt bred by Gestüt Görlsdorf and foaled on 29 April 2011. He was sired by Sea The Stars, who was undefeated as a three-year-old, winning the 2000 Guineas, Derby, Eclipse Stakes, International Stakes, Irish Champion Stakes and Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. Sea The Moon is one of Sea The Stars' first crop of foals, which also includes Oaks winner Taghrooda. Sea The Moon's dam is Sanwa, a daughter of Monsun. Sea The Moon is trained by Markus Klug. Racing career 2013: Two-year-old season Sea The Moon only raced once as a two-year-old, when he won a race at Cologne-Weidenpesch Racecourse. 2014: Three-year-old season Sea The Moon's first race as a three-year-old was the Frühjahrs Dreijährigen-Preis on 11 May 2014. Jockey Andreas Helfenbein sent him into the l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sea Of Class
Sea Of Class (23 May 2015 – 22 July 2019) was an Irish-bred British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse. She was unraced as a juvenile and beaten on her three-year-old debut, but then made rapid progress, winning the Fillies' Trial Stakes in May and the Abingdon Stakes in June. When stepped up to Group races, Group 1 class she defeated top-class fields to take the Irish Oaks in July and the Yorkshire Oaks in August before being narrowly beaten in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. She died on 22 July 2019 after undergoing surgery to remove a tumour from her gut. Background Sea Of Class was a light-coloured chestnut filly with no white Horse markings, markings bred in Ireland by the Italian-based breeding company Razza del Velino SRL. She was a very late foal, being born on 23 May. As a yearling (horse), yearling she was offered for sale at Tattersalls and bought for 170,000 guinea (coin), guineas by McKeever Bloodstock. She passed into the ownership Christopher Tsui, Sunderland Holding ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stradivarius (horse)
Stradivarius (foaled 28 February 2014) is an Irish Thoroughbred racehorse. After winning one minor race as a two-year-old, he emerged as a top-class stayer in the following year, winning the Queen's Vase and Goodwood Cup as well as finishing a close third in the St Leger. As a four-year-old he won the Yorkshire Cup, Ascot Gold Cup, a second Goodwood Cup and the Lonsdale Cup, securing a £1 million bonus for winning all four races, and ended the year by winning the British Champions Long Distance Cup. In 2019 he repeated his victories in the Yorkshire Cup, Ascot Gold Cup and Lonsdale Cup, and won a third Goodwood Cup, giving him a second £1 million bonus. With jockey Frankie Dettori on board, on 18 June 2020, Stradivarius won his third Ascot Gold Cup (by 10 lengths) and on 28 July 2020, he won his record fourth Goodwood Cup. In 2021 he won the Lonsdale Cup for the third time and in 2022 he achieved a third victory in the Yorkshire Cup. He was retired to stud at the end of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taghrooda
Taghrooda (foaled 27 January 2011) is an Irish bred British trained Thoroughbred racehorse. In 2014 she won the classic Oaks Stakes and went on to win Britain's premier weight-for-age race, the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes. She subsequently finished second in the Yorkshire Oaks and third in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe before being retired at the end of the season. Background Taghrooda is a bay mare bred by her owner Hamdan Al Maktoum's Shadwell Stud. She is from the first crop of foals sired by Sea The Stars. Taghrooda's dam Ezima was a successful stayer who won four races including the Saval Beg Stakes. As a descendant of the broodmare Evisa, Ezima was closely related to the Ascot Gold Cup winners Enzeli and Estimate as well as the Irish Oaks winner Ebadiyla and a more distant relative of Darshaan, Sinndar, Acamas and Akiyda. Taghrooda's name is a reference to form of chanted poetry used by the Bedouins of Oman and the United Arab Emirates. The filly was sent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harzand (horse)
Harzand (foaled 6 March 2013) is an Irish Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 2016 Epsom Derby. He showed some promise when finishing fifth in his only race as a two-year-old in 2015. In the spring of 2016 he won a maiden race by sixteen lengths and then established himself as a potential top-class performer with a win in the Group Three Ballysax Stakes. On 4 June 2016, despite doubt about his suitability for the race and a late injury scare, he defeated fifteen opponents to win the 237th running of The Derby. Three weeks later he won the Irish Derby at the Curragh but he was beaten in two subsequent races and was retired from racing at the end of the season. Background Harzand is a brown horse with no white markings bred in Ireland by his owner the Aga Khan. He is from the third crop of foals sired by Sea The Stars who won the 2000 Guineas, Epsom Derby and Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in 2009. His other major winners have included Taghrooda and Sea The Moon. Harzand's dam Haz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prix De L'Arc De Triomphe
The Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe () is a Group 1 flat horse race in France open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older. It is run at Longchamp Racecourse in Paris over a distance of 2,400 metres (1 mile 4 furlongs). The race is scheduled to take place each year, usually on the first Sunday in October. Popularly referred to as the "Arc", it is the world's most prestigious all-aged horse race. Its roll of honour features many highly acclaimed horses, and its winners are often subsequently regarded as champions. It is currently the world's seventh-richest turf race and tenth-richest horse race on any surface, with a purse of €5,000,000. Over 60,000 visitors attend the Arc Weekend every year, and the race itself is broadcast live to 50 countries all over the globe. A slogan of the race, first used on a promotional poster in 2003, describes the event as "''Ce n'est pas une course, c'est un monument''" (French for "I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Epsom Derby
The Derby Stakes, more commonly known as the Derby and sometimes referred to as the Epsom Derby, is a Group races, Group 1 flat Horse racing, horse race in England open to three-year-old Colt (horse), colts and Filly, fillies. It is run at Epsom Downs Racecourse in Surrey on the first Saturday of June each year, over a distance of one mile, four furlongs and 10 yards (2,423 metres) or about 1½ miles. It was first run in 1780. It is Britain's richest flat horse race and the most prestigious of the five British Classic Races, Classics. It is sometimes referred to as the "Blue Riband" of the turf. The race serves as the middle leg of the historically significant Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing#English Triple Crowns, Triple Crown of British horse racing, preceded by the 2000 Guineas Stakes, 2000 Guineas and followed by the St Leger Stakes, St Leger, although the feat of winning all three is rarely attempted in the modern era due to changing priorities in racing and breed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000 Guineas
The 2000 Guineas Stakes is a Group 1 flat race in Great Britain open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies. It is run on the Rowley Mile at Newmarket over a distance of 1 mile (1.6 km) and scheduled to take place each year at the start of May. It is one of Britain's five Classic races, and at present it is the first to be run in the year. It also serves as the opening leg of the Triple Crown, followed by the Derby and the St Leger, although the feat of winning all three has been rarely attempted in recent decades. History The 2000 Guineas Stakes was first run on 18 April 1809, and it preceded the introduction of a version for fillies only, the 1000 Guineas Stakes, by five years. Both races were established by the Jockey Club under the direction of Sir Charles Bunbury, who had earlier co-founded the Derby at Epsom. The races were named according to their original prize fu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Crowley (jockey)
Jim Crowley (born 14 July 1978) is an English jockey who was British flat racing Champion Jockey in 2016. He has ridden as first jockey for Hamdan Al-Maktoum's Shadwell racing operation since 2016. Background Crowley was born in Ascot and as a child competed in pony racing, including the Shetland Pony Grand National at the London International Horse Show. He rode as an amateur flat race jockey before switching to National Hunt racing, riding for the stable of Sue Smith in West Yorkshire. Career on the flat Having ridden approximately 300 winners over jumps, Crowley returned to flat racing when he was 27, riding for his sister-in-law, Amanda Perrett at Pulborough. In 2010 he became stable jockey for Ralph Beckett. His first Group win came in October 2006 when he rode Hawridge Prince to victory for Rod Millman in the Group 3 Jockey Club Cup at Newmarket. His first Group 1 was with the Karl Burke-trained Lord Shanakill in the 2009 Prix Jean Prat at Chantilly in France. Crowl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
