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Kelso: only five-time U.S. Horse of the Year, in the list of the top 100 U.S. thoroughbred champions of the 20th Century by The Blood-Horse magazine, Kelso ranks 4th Kincsem : Hungarian race mare and most successful racehorse ever, winning all 54 starts in five countries
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.
The controversial list, which named Man O'War number one and Secretariat number two, was expanded into a 1999 book which included complete biographies of the horses. [2] All the horses on the list had raced in the United States except Phar Lap, [3] and a few others such as Northern Dancer, Dahlia and Miesque began their careers in another country.
British Horse Racing Handicap Hurdle 3 2013, 2014, 2015 [citation needed] Badsworth Boy: Queen Mother Champion Chase: 3 1983, 1984, 1985 [253] Bashboy Grand National Steeplechase (Australia) 3 2012, 2013, 2015 [226] Baulking Green: Horse and Hound Cup 3 1962, 1963, 1965 [citation needed] Beef Or Salmon: Hennessy Gold Cup (Ireland) 3 2003, 2006 ...
Kelso (April 4, 1957 – October 16, 1983) was a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse who is considered one of the greatest racehorses in history. He ranks fourth on the Top 100 Racehorses of the 20th Century. He defeated more champions and Hall of Fame horses than any other racehorse, and he often carried great handicaps.
The Longines World's Best Racehorse Rankings (LWBRR), known as World Thoroughbred Racehorse Rankings (WTRR) before 2012, are horseracing's equivalent to World Rankings by other major sporting organizations such as ATP Tennis Rankings, World Golf Rankings, FIFA World Rankings for soccer and IRB Rugby World Rankings. The Longines Rankings are ...
For racehorses, such as Secretariat and Man o' War, see List of racehorses. Big Ben, Canadian international show jumper and Olympian owned and ridden by Ian Millar; Brentina, American international dressage horse and Olympian ridden by Debbie McDonald
John Henry, in the view of many followers of thoroughbred racing, was one of the best come-from-behind horses (or "closers") in recent history. In The Blood-Horse ranking of the top 100 U.S. thoroughbred champions of the 20th Century , he was ranked #23.