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Lexington (March 17, 1850 – July 1, 1875) was a United States Thoroughbred race horse who won six of his seven race starts. Perhaps his greatest fame, however, came as the most successful sire of the second half of the nineteenth century; he was the leading sire in North America 16 times, and broodmare sire of many notable racehorses.
John Benjamin Pryor (1812 – December 26, 1890), was an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.He trained Lexington, a top racehorse of the 1850s whose excellence in competition and reputation as a sire stud continued well into the 20th century, earning the horse induction into the United States' National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1955.
Lexington, the horse and its history, make appearance at Kentucky Book Festival. Linda Blackford. October 27, 2022 at 1:13 PM ... Lexington, one of the most famous race horses and sires of all ...
Spendthrift Farm is a thoroughbred race horse breeding farm and burial site in Lexington, Kentucky, currently owned by Eric & Tammy Gustavson. [1] It was founded by Leslie Combs II and named for the great stallion Spendthrift, who was owned by Combs' ancestor, Daniel Swigert of Elmendorf Farm. Spendthrift was the great-grandfather of Man o' War.
Brooks discovered the story of the real horse, named Lexington, while at a lunch for donors at Plimoth Patuxet Museums, a living history complex near Brooks' home in Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts.
Man o' War (March 29, 1917 – November 1, 1947) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who is widely regarded as one of the greatest racehorses of all time. Several sports publications, including The Blood-Horse, Sports Illustrated, and the Associated Press, voted Man o' War as the best American racehorse of the 20th century.
Duo from Lexington put 6-year-old mare in the mix for one of America’s richest ... regardless whether the horse is a Kentucky-bred such as Awesome Treat and runs for the entire $1.5 million or ...
Citation, the first racehorse to win one million dollars. rMiss Woodford was the first to earn over $100,000, in 1885. [610] In 1951, Citation became the first horse to win one million dollars. In 1979, Affirmed became the first horse to break the two million dollar barrier, [611] finishing his career with earnings of $2.3 million. Purses began ...