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Comedy King was owned by Sol Green, one of Australia's biggest bookmakers and one of the country's richest men.On a trip to England in 1906 Green bought some racehorses and among them was the broodmare Tragedy Queen, which was in foal to the 1896 English Derby winner and legendary racehorse Persimmon.
Jockeys who were killed while taking part in horse racing. Pages in category "Jockeys who died while racing" The following 40 pages are in this category, out of 40 total.
Irish jockey Michael O'Sullivan has died days after getting injured when he fell in a race. He was 24. O’Sullivan was hospitalized and put in an induced coma after falling at the two-mile Racing ...
Comedy of Errors (1967–1990) was a champion British Thoroughbred National Hunt racehorse. He won the Champion Hurdle in 1973 and 1975, becoming one of only two horses to regain British hurdling's top prize. A huge, handsome horse of over 17 hands, "Comedy", as he was affectionately known, won 23 of 48 races.
Once a horse stops racing for five years, the name is put back into circulation unless it has reached a certain level of success as defined by the Jockey Club (such as horses in racing’s Hall of ...
Read more:Seventh horse dies at Saratoga Race Course in less than a month Saturday was supposed to be a celebration of the $1.25-million Travers Stakes, considered the summer Kentucky Derby.
Hidalgo, paint stallion from the movie of the same name (disputed) The Horse of a Different Color, from The Wizard of Oz; Joey, from the movie War Horse; Little Blackie, from the John Wayne film True Grit; Lucky Number Slevin, from the movie of the same name; Khartoum, the ill-fated horse from The Godfather; Maximus, horse featured in the ...
One of cinema's earliest depictions of racing, set at 1895 Epsom Derby. Kissing Cup [2] 1913 Drama 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 Comedy Silent film about a lord who tries to interfere with a lady's horse. Desert Gold: 1919 Drama