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Darby Dan Farm is a produce, livestock, and thoroughbred horse breeding and training farm founded in 1935 near the Darby Creek in Galloway, Ohio by businessman John W. Galbreath. [1] Named for the creek and for Galbreath's son, Daniel M. Galbreath (1928–1995), it was expanded from an original 85-acre (340,000 m 2 ) farm into a 4,000 acre (16 ...
Easy Goer: Hall of Fame champion who ran the fastest mile of all time on dirt by any three-year-old Thoroughbred in 1:32.2; ran the second fastest Belmont Stakes of all time behind Secretariat; had a great rivalry with Sunday Silence; Eclipse: celebrated 18th-century racehorse that won 18 races in 18 starts; influential sire
Aerial view of the facility in 1994. Beulah Park opened in Grove City, Ohio, a suburb of Columbus, in 1923.It was the first thoroughbred racetrack in Ohio.At its close it was one of only three tracks in Ohio to offer live thoroughbred racing, the others being Thistledown in North Randall and River Downs in Cincinnati.
The all-time record, recognized by Guinness World Records, is held by Chorisbar who won 197 times over the course of 324 career starts. [110] Condado, a chestnut horse who raced in Puerto Rico from 1936 to 1943, won a grand total of 152 times [111] Galgo Jr. earned 137 wins in 159 starts from 1930 to 1936. [29]
Hollywood Dun It, all-time leading reining sire and Quarter Horse; Incitatus, Emperor Caligula's favorite horse; may have been proposed as a senator; Jim, former milk cart horse used to produce diphtheria antitoxin; contamination of this antitoxin inspired the Biologics Control Act of 1902; King, a foundation sire of the Quarter Horse breed
Oldest horse to win a Grade 1 race - at age 9 (tied) Only horse to win the Arlington Million (G1) twice - 1981 & 1984; One of only three horses to win the Santa Anita Handicap (G1) twice - 1981 & 1982; Won more graded stakes than any other Thoroughbred - 25; Retired as the world's richest thoroughbred - July 28, 1985
Latonia Race Track on Winston Avenue in Latonia Kentucky, six miles south of Cincinnati, Ohio, was a Thoroughbred horse racing facility opened in 1883. The track hosted a spring-summer racing series and a second in late fall. It was once regarded as among the United States' top sites for racing, and drew more than 100,000 visitors annually.
Originally named A.T.'s Image in memory of Fuller's father, [2]: 19 the horse was renamed Dancer's Image in preparation for sale at auction in February 1967, but Fuller ended up retaining ownership. [2]: 21 The colt was trained by Lou Cavalaris Jr. and ridden in the Derby by jockey Bobby Ussery.