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She returned in the Grade III Adoration Stakes on June 13, where she defeated Warren's Veneda by a comfortable 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 lengths in 1:41.67. [36] Beholder followed up with a win in the Grade I Clement L. Hirsch Stakes, winning by 7 lengths [37] without being touched with the whip. Her behavior had markedly improved as she matured, with ...
Virginia Sports Hall of Fame (1985) United States Racing Hall of Fame, Pillar of the Turf (2019) Christopher Chenery (September 16, 1886 – January 3, 1973) was an American engineer, businessman, and the owner/breeder of record for Thoroughbred horse racing's U.S. Triple Crown champion Secretariat.
The list of American and Canadian Graded races is a list of Thoroughbred horse races in the United States and Canada that meet the graded stakes standards maintained by the American Graded Stakes Committee of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association [1] and the Jockey Club of Canada. A specific grade level (I, II, III or listed) is then ...
Three-year-olds. Weight. 124 lbs. with allowances. Purse. $500,000 (since 2018) The West Virginia Derby is an American Grade III stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbred race horses run over a distance of 11⁄8 miles on the dirt at Mountaineer Race Track in Chester, West Virginia in August. [1] The purse for the event is US$500,000.
Added to NRHP. December 12, 2002. Mountaineer Casino Resort is a thoroughbred racetrack and casino resort located on the Ohio River north of New Cumberland, West Virginia. It is owned by Vici Properties and operated by Century Casinos. It is notable for being the first race track in the United States to get slot machines and become a racino.
Last updated on November 3, 2024. War Like Goddess (foaled April 14, 2017) is an American multiple Graded Stakes winning Thoroughbred racehorse. Her graded wins include the Grade I Flower Bowl Stakes in 2021 the Grade II Glens Falls Stakes twice (2021 and 2022) at Saratoga Race Course all of which are long-distance turf events.
Purse. $ 200,000. The West Virginia Governor's Stakes is a Grade III American thoroughbred horse race for horses aged three years old and older over a distance of one and one-sixteenth miles on the dirt held annually in August at Mountaineer Race Track in Chester, West Virginia. The event currently carries a purse of $200,000.
Somethingroyal's dam Imperatrice was a stakes winning mare who was bought by Chenery at a dispersal sale in 1947 for $30,000. Imperatrice was the dam of six stakes winners but is now best known for producing Somethingroyal, who raced only once, finishing unplaced. [3]