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Tanya (horse)
Tanya (1902–1929) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse bred and raised in Kentucky. She was bred by William Collins Whitney and foaled at his Brookdale Farm in Lincroft, New Jersey. Sired by the outstanding English stallion Meddler, she was out of the mare Handspun. Before Tanya could set foot on a track, William Whitney died. She, along with several other racers for the Whitney stable, was leased to Herman Duryea. As a 2-year-old, she won the Hopeful Stakes, the National Stallion Stakes, and the Spinaway Stakes under his colors. 1905 Belmont Stakes Tanya is best known as one of three fillies to win the Belmont Stakes. Purchased for $7,000 by Whitney's son, Harry Payne Whitney, Tanya was trained by future Hall of Fame inductee John W. Rogers. Ridden by the 1904 U. S. Champion Jockey Gene Hildebrand, on May 24, 1905, the filly won the Belmont Stakes in its first running at the new Belmont Park. She beat second-place finisher Blandy and her half-brother Hot Shot, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kentucky
Kentucky (, ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north, West Virginia to the northeast, Virginia to the east, Tennessee to the south, and Missouri to the west. Its northern border is defined by the Ohio River. Its capital is Frankfort, Kentucky, Frankfort and its List of cities in Kentucky, most populous city is Louisville, Kentucky, Louisville. As of 2024, the state's population was approximately 4.6 million. Previously part of Colony of Virginia, colonial Virginia, Kentucky was admitted into the Union as the fifteenth state on June 1, 1792. It is known as the "Bluegrass State" in reference to Kentucky bluegrass, a species of grass introduced by European settlers which has long supported the state's thoroughbred horse industry. The fertile soil in the central and western parts of the state led to the development ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rags To Riches (horse)
Rags to Riches (foaled February 27, 2004, in Kentucky) is a retired champion American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 2007 Belmont Stakes, the first filly to win it in over a century. Background Rags to Riches is a Chestnut (horse color), chestnut mare sired by 1992 Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year, U.S. Horse of the Year and National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame, U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee A.P. Indy. She was out of the mare (horse), mare Better Than Honour, who also produced the 2006 Belmont Stakes winner, Jazil. Bred by Skara Glen Stables, Rags to Riches was purchased for US$1.9 million in September 2005 at the Keeneland Sales by the partnership of Michael Tabor & Derrick Smith (horseman), Derrick Smith. Racing career Early races Sent to the track at age two under trainer Todd Pletcher, Rags to Riches made her first start at Churchill Downs in a 5½-furlong maiden race on June 10, 2006, finishing fourth. 2007: Three-Year-Old Season Brought back to competitio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruthless (horse)
Ruthless (1864–1876) was an American Thoroughbred filly and a National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame-inducted racehorse. She is best known as the winner of the inaugural Belmont Stakes. Early life Owned and bred by Francis Morris of New York, and was foaled on Morris's farm at Throgg's Neck, New York.VosburghThe Belmont Stakes ''Daily Racing Form'' Ruthless was sired by the imported stallion Eclipse (born 1855) and out of the imported mare Barbarity who also produced several other award-winning daughters collectively known as the "Barbarous Battalion". The other "Battalion" members, all full sisters, were Remorseless, Relentless, Regardless, and Merciless.National Museum of Racing and Hall of FameRuthless ''Hall of Fame'' Barbarity was an 1854 bay mare sired by Simoon and her dam was named Dam who was sired by Buzzard,Hogan ''Index to Stakes Winners'' p. 110 Eclipse was sired by Orlando and out of the mare Gaze by Bay Middleton.Hogan ''Index to Stakes Winners'' p. 573 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belmont Park
Belmont Park is a thoroughbred racing, thoroughbred horse racetrack in Elmont, New York, just east of New York City limits best known for hosting the Belmont Stakes, the final leg of the American Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing (United States), Triple Crown. It was opened on May 4, 1905, and is one of the most well known racetracks in the United States. The original structure was demolished in 1963, and a second facility opened in 1968. The second structure was demolished in 2023, and a third version of Belmont Park is expected to open in 2026. Operated by the New York Racing Association (NYRA), Belmont Park is typically open for racing from late April through mid-July (known as the Spring meet), and again from mid-September through late October (the Fall meet). The race park's main dirt track has earned the nickname, "the Big Sandy", given its prominent overall dimensions and the deep, sometimes tiring surface. Belmont is also sometimes known as "The Championship Track" be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gene Hildebrand
Eugene Hildebrand (August 16, 1887 - November 26, 1921) was an American National Champion jockey in Thoroughbred racing who won the 1904 Preakness Stakes and the 1905 Belmont Stakes, races that would become part of the U.S. Triple Crown series. Biography Born in Gilroy, California on August 16, 1887, Gene Hildebrand began his career in Thoroughbred racing in 1901 working as a stable hand then as a jockey at Emeryville Race Track near Oakland, California. In 1904 he won the Burns Handicap which at the time was the most important race in California. Prominent owners on the East Coast took notice and Hildebrand competed at the big New York tracks where at Gravesend Race Track he won the 1904 Preakness Stakes on May 28 aboard the colt Bryn Mawr. He went on to win numerous top stakes races including the most prestigious event of that era, the Belmont Futurity Stakes. Back on the West Coast for the winter racing season, on December 23, 1904, Hildebrand set a new world recor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Champion Jockey By Wins
There is no formal championship award given to the jockey who won the most races in United States Thoroughbred racing. However, it is a prestigious accomplishment always on any jockey's résumé and widely reported on by the various media. Milestones * In 1952, won 390 races, breaking Walter Miller's forty-six-year-old record of 38[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Museum Of Racing And Hall Of Fame
The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame was founded in 1950 in Saratoga Springs, New York, to honor the achievements of American thoroughbred horse racing, Thoroughbred race horses, jockeys, and Horse trainer, trainers. In 1955, the museum moved to its current location on Union Avenue near Saratoga Race Course, at which time inductions into the hall of fame began. Each spring, following the tabulation of the final votes, the announcement of new inductees is made, usually during Kentucky Derby Week in early May. The actual inductions are held in mid-August during the Saratoga Race Course, Saratoga race meeting. The Hall of Fame's nominating committee selects eight to ten candidates from among the four Contemporary categories (colts and horses, fillies and mares, jockey and trainer) to be presented to the voters. Changes in voting procedures that commenced with the 2010 candidates allow the voters to choose multiple candidates from a single Contemporary category, instead of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herman Duryea
Herman Barkulo Duryea (1862–1916) was an American Thoroughbred race horse owner and breeder. In 1895, he married Ellen "Nellie" Winchester Weld. He built an estate in Old Westbury on Long Island, New York known as "Knole". Completed in 1903, it was designed by Carrere and Hastings. In 1910 he sold the property to Henry Phipps who bought it as a wedding gift for his daughter Helen's marriage to Bradley Martin. Haras du Gazon Herman Duryea also owned a large estate in Tennessee where he bred dogs and gamecocks. In 1902 he began breeding race horses and soon became one of the leading Thoroughbred racing owners in the United States. However, when many states began passing anti-betting legislation that ended most racing, Duryea moved his breeding and racing operations to Haras du Gazon in Bazoches-au-Houlme, Orne, Normandy, France acquired from Maurice Ephrussi. Among Duryea's horses were Sweeper II who won the English 2,000 Guineas in 1912 and Durbar who won the 1914 Eps ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mare (horse)
A mare is an adult female horse or other equine. In most cases, a mare is a female horse over the age of three, and a filly is a female horse three and younger. In Thoroughbred horse racing, a mare is defined as a female horse more than four years old. The word can also be used for other female equine animals, particularly mules and zebras, but a female donkey is usually called a "jenny". A ''broodmare'' is a mare used for breeding. Reproductive cycle Mares carry their young (called foals) for approximately 11 months from conception to birth, the average range being 320–370 days.Ensminger, M. E. ''Horses and Horsemanship: Animal Agriculture Series.'' Sixth Edition. Interstate Publishers, 1990. p. 156 Usually just one young is born; twins are rare. When a domesticated mare foals, she nurses the foal for at least four to six months before it is weaned, though mares in the wild may allow a foal to nurse for up to a year. The estrous cycle, also known as "season" or " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stallion
A stallion is an adult male horse that has not been gelded ( castrated). Stallions follow the conformation and phenotype of their breed, but within that standard, the presence of hormones such as testosterone may give stallions a thicker, "cresty" neck, as well as a somewhat more muscular physique as compared to female horses, known as ''mares'', and castrated males, called ''geldings''. Temperament varies widely based on genetics and training, but because of their instincts as herd animals, they may be prone to aggressive behavior, particularly toward other stallions, and thus require careful management by knowledgeable handlers. With proper training and management, stallions are effective equine athletes at the highest levels of many disciplines, including horse racing, horse shows, and international Olympic competition. "Stallion" is also used to refer to males of other equids, including zebras and donkeys. Herd behavior Young female horses usually leave their band ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sire
Sire is an archaic respectful form of address to reigning kings in Europe. In French and other languages it is less archaic and relatively more current. In Belgium, the king is addressed as "Sire..." in both Dutch and French. The words "sire" and " sir", as well as the French " (mon)sieur", the Spanish " señor", and the Portuguese " senhor", share a common etymological origin, all ultimately being related to the Latin '' senior''. The female equivalent form of address is dame or dam. See also * Forms of address in the United Kingdom * King * Nobility Nobility is a social class found in many societies that have an aristocracy. It is normally appointed by and ranked immediately below royalty. Nobility has often been an estate of the realm with many exclusive functions and characteristics. T ... References {{Social titles Men's social titles Nobility Royal styles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
