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Horses arrived in Australia with the First Fleet in 1788 along with the earliest colonists. [67] Although horses of part-Thoroughbred blood were imported into Australia during the late 18th century, it is thought that the first pureblood Thoroughbred was a stallion named Northumberland who was imported from England in 1802 as a coach horse sire ...
The Clark Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in late November at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky.Among the oldest races in the United States, it was first run in 1875, the year the racetrack opened for business.
Content of the work covers the previous years racing performances for the United States, thus the 2011 edition covers all racing for 2010. [3] Also included are histories of major stakes races , race records of the year-end champions, a section giving all Hall of Fame horses, information on the Breeder's Cup races, and some information on non ...
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This template may be used to display a person's or entity's whole lifespan in years, and optionally their final age or duration, also in years; the Gregorian calendar and AD/CE era are respectively, the implied default calendar and editable default era. Astronomical dates are not specifically handled; negative years are not allowed, but year '0' (zero) may be used when applicable. All date ...
Racing until the age of 9, a relatively old age for a race horse, Exterminator was called by his many fans "Old Bones" or "The Galloping Hatrack" (amongst the stable lads, he was "Old Shang"). He was retired in 1924 to a life of grass and leisure, with a succession of companion ponies, all named Peanuts, at his side.
The second longest lived Thoroughbred on record is Merrick, a track record-setting gelding born in 1903, who died in 1941. He lived to the age of 38 years and 52 days. [10] Merrick is the horse for which the Merrick Inn in Lexington, Kentucky is named after, and he is buried there. [11]
He was voted the Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year for three years in a row: 1974, 1975 and 1976. He was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in Saratoga Springs, New York, in 1979. In the list of the Top 100 U.S. Thoroughbred champions of the 20th Century by Blood-Horse magazine, Forego ranks 8th.