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Sham (April 9, 1970 – April 3, 1993) was an American thoroughbred race horse and leading three year-old in 1973, who was overshadowed by his more famous peer, Secretariat. Sham was dark bay, almost black in color. He raced in the green and yellow silks of his owners, Sigmund and Viola Sommer, with matching blinkers.
Sigmund Sommer (June 19, 1916 – April 30, 1979) was a Brooklyn, New York–based building contractor, philanthropist, and racehorse owner of Sham, the horse that placed second to Secretariat in two legs of the 1973 U.S. Triple Crown series. [1] At the time of Sommer's death at 62 in 1979, his estate was valued at almost $1 billion. [2]
West Virginia History. West Virginia Historical Society. ISSN 0043-325X. Delf Norona (1958). West Virginia Imprints, 1790-1863: A Checklist of Books, Newspapers, Periodicals and Broadsides. Moundsville: West Virginia Library Association. OCLC 863601 – via Internet Archive. G. Thomas Tanselle (1971). "General Studies: West Virginia".
Donald Nicholson, killed in the 1885 Caulfield Cup fall, when 17 of the 44 runners fell. [6] Ray Oliver, killed in a fall at Kalgoorlie Western Australia. Jason Oliver, killed in a fall at Belmont when his horse broke a front leg. Álvaro Pineda, Mexican jockey, died in 1975 through a blow to the head in the starting gates; brother of Roberto ...
An overnight car crash Saturday sent a woman to the hospital and killed a horse. It happened in the 1500 block of Wire Road in Bunnlevel. about 37 miles south of Raleigh. ABC11.
The Herald-Dispatch is a non-daily newspaper that serves Huntington, West Virginia, and neighboring communities in southern Ohio and eastern Kentucky.It is currently owned by HD Media Co. LLC. [2] It currently publishes Tuesdays-Saturdays, with the Saturday edition dated "Weekend", with updates on its website on Sundays and Mondays.
WILMINGTON TWP., Pa. (WKBN) — Pennsylvania State Police were called to the scene of a horse-and-buggy and car crash just before 8 p.m. Tuesday. Read next: Semi-truck hits overpass in Mahoning County
Mar. 14—By GREG JORDAN Bluefield Daily Telegraph GHENT — A fiery crash at a turnpike tollbooth in Raleigh County resulted in three confirmed deaths, a trooper with the West Virginia State ...