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Calumet Farm is a 762-acre (3.08 km 2) Thoroughbred breeding and training farm established in 1924 in Lexington, Kentucky, United States by William Monroe Wright, founding owner of the Calumet Baking Powder Company. Calumet is located in the heart of the Bluegrass, a well-known horse breeding region.
Secretariat (March 30, 1970 – October 4, 1989), also known as Big Red, was a champion American thoroughbred racehorse who was the ninth winner of the American Triple Crown, setting and still holding the fastest time record in all three of its constituent races. He is widely considered to be the greatest racehorse of all time.
Black Beauty, from Black Beauty by Anna Sewell; Black Boy and Rapide, Jill Crewe's ponies from the series by Ruby Ferguson (in later editions, "Black Boy" became "Best Boy") Black Gold, from Black Gold by Marguerite Henry [1] The Black (Stallion), from a series of 21 books by Walter Farley beginning with The Black Stallion (1941)
In the horse breeding industry, the term "half-brother" or "half-sister" only describes horses which have the same dam, but different sires. [6] Horses with the same sire but different dams are simply said to be "by the same sire", and no sibling relationship is implied. [7] "Full" (or "own") siblings have both the same dam and the same sire.
City Girl, chestnut mare f. 1939 Urban Small M. J. Meyer [7] 1945 Midnight Sun, black stallion f. 1940 Fred Walker Harlinsdale Farm [8] 1946 Midnight Sun, black stallion f. 1940 Fred Walker Harlinsdale Farm [8] 1947 Merry Go Boy, black stallion f. 1943 Winston Wiser: Wiser, Mallard, Norman [9] 1948 Merry Go Boy, black stallion f. 1943 Winston Wiser
Pedigree requirements also vary, and many studbooks expect to see only stallion sons of Main Mare Book mares. This encourages local breeders to keep high-quality mares in the region. Preferably, future breeding stock have at least 4 generations of approved sport horse pedigree. Mares with less pedigree, or less than is desirable to her registry ...
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After the end of the war, only 300 Hucul horses remained there. Even though a stud-book was established in 1924 in the Huzelei after Polish cavalry officer Michal Holländer encouraged it, it was not until the early 1970s that breeders established an organization, Hucul Club, to prevent the extinction there caused by the declining number.