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Below is a list of Thoroughbred racehorses who were defeated once. The list is not comprehensive for otherwise unnotable horses with fewer than ten wins. Horses such as Wheel of Fortune, Barbaro, Ruffian and Vanity (1812, either 10:9-0-0 or 12:11-0-0 [446]) sustained injury or broke down in their only defeat.
Buena Vista. Barbaro: 2006 Kentucky Derby winner whose racing career and life was cut short due to a life-ending injury [1]; Battleship (1927–1958) was an American thoroughbred racehorse who is the only horse to have won both the American Grand National and the Grand National steeplechase races.
Bucephalus, favorite horse of Alexander the Great; one of the most famous horses of antiquity; following his death after the Battle of Hydaspes in 326 BCE, Alexander promptly founded the city of Bucephala upon the spot in his memory; Chetak, war horse of Maharana Pratap of Mewar in India; died defending its master in 1576 during the Battle of ...
Scamper is the first barrel horse inducted into the ProRodeo Hall of Fame in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in 1996. [8] In 2017, the ProRodeo Hall of Fame announced its inductees for the year and they included another timed-event horse, barrel racing horse, Star Plaudit (Red), so Scamper will no longer be the sole barrel racing horse in the hall. [9]
However, a tipped barrel in round nine was the cause of their loss of the title. Nonetheless, fans took to the new barrel racing team, due to the horse's style and Peterson's humility, especially her quickness to credit her horse. [4] The NFR was held by this time at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Walker went into the NFR with $93,000 in season earnings, which was $43,000 behind the leader. She was ranked 3rd in the World Standings for the season. Over the 10-day finals, which features the top 15 barrel racers, she won four rounds. [13] Walker and Latte swept the NFR to win her first and only World Barrel Racing Championship. [14]
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At the 1988 Winter Olympics held in Calgary, Alberta, [5] she participated in a barrel racing exhibition as an Olympic special event where she and J.C. earned a gold medal. [1] Her next horse, Mr. Revolution Bars, accompanied her to the 1989 and 1990 NFR, making her one of only two barrel racers to ever compete in the NFR in four consecutive ...