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The ownership of California Chrome during his racing career was held by two entities. The first was DAP Racing, a horse racing partnership between Perry Martin, at the time from Yuba City, California, and Steve Coburn of Topaz Lake, Nevada, [1] along with their spouses, Denise Martin and Carolyn Coburn. [2]
Carolyn introduced Steve to horse racing, and when he was looking for a tax write-off she encouraged him to buy into a racing syndicate instead of purchasing a small airplane. [32] [33] Taylor Made Farm, which purchased Coburn's share in California Chrome, is headed by Duncan Taylor, president and CEO of the family-owned farm of 1,600 acres ...
Stay Gold: Dubbed "the Silver Collector" during his racing career; goes on to sire Orfevre, Gold Ship, and Oju Chosan Steel Dust : 19th-century quarter-mile racing horse. [ 8 ] * Stellar Wind : Stellar Wind is an American Thoroughbred racehorse, known for her Eclipse Award winning three-year-old season, and later for her rivalry with the ...
Jumpers tend to be older than their flat racing counterparts [6] and can have much longer careers, making it possible to earn a large number of wins. For example, champion hurdler Hurricane Fly won a then-record 22 Grade One races over his ten-year career. [7] Most race horses and race winners are male horses (either intact males or geldings).
One of cinema's earliest depictions of racing, set at 1895 Epsom Derby. Kissing Cup [2] 1913 Silent film about a jockey who manages to escape a gang of kidnappers and make it to Sandown in time to win his race. A Gamble for Love [3] 1917 Silent film about a lord who tries to interfere with a lady's horse. Desert Gold: 1919
[35] Dan Essary, who was Director of Racing for the AQHA for many years, described Go Man Go's impact on the Quarter Horse breed as "He was to Quarter Horse racing what Babe Ruth was to baseball, what Ben Hogan was to Golf and what Man o'War was to Thoroughbred racing. Horses may have run faster and horses have earned more money, but the fame ...
A heartbreaking video shows that people aren't the only ones being forced to flee their homes as more than 10 fires burn in California. The Easy Fire outside Simi Valley started on Oct. 30 and has ...
This category is primarily for breeders of Thoroughbred race horses. Some entries may be breeders of other breeds that are primarily used for racing, such as the Standardbred. However, it is not appropriate to list breeders of other horse breeds here unless that breeder was exclusively or primarily breeding horses specifically for the track.