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  2. Thoroughbred - Wikipedia

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    Horse racing was established there in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, and Thoroughbreds were imported in increasing numbers. [71] The first Thoroughbred stallions arrived in Argentina in 1853, but the first mares did not arrive until 1865.

  3. Lexington (horse) - Wikipedia

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    Lexington (March 17, 1850 – July 1, 1875) was a United States Thoroughbred race horse who won six of his seven race starts. Perhaps his greatest fame, however, came as the most successful sire of the second half of the nineteenth century; he was the leading sire in North America 16 times, and broodmare sire of many notable racehorses.

  4. Horse racing in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Horse racing betting is legal in the United States with a unique legal status compared to other forms of gambling. The Interstate Horseracing Act of 1978 grants specific exemptions to horse racing from federal anti-gambling laws. American betting on horse racing is sanctioned and regulated by the state the racetrack is located in. [21] [22]

  5. Arlington Downs - Wikipedia

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    Arlington Downs was an American horse-racing track located in Arlington, Texas in Tarrant County, about 20 miles (32 km) from downtown Fort Worth, Texas. The $3 million facility, a 1¼-mile track with a 6,000-seat grandstand, was constructed on W.T. Waggoner's Three D's Stock Farm, and opened in November 1929.

  6. Joe Hirsch - Wikipedia

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    First Century : Daily Racing Form chronicles 100 years of Thoroughbred Racing (1996) The Grand senor : The Fabulous Career of Horatio Luro (1989) Kentucky Derby : The Chance of a Lifetime (1988) co-authored with Jim Bolus. In The Winner's Circle: The Jones Boys of Calumet Farm (1974) co-authored with Gene Plowden

  7. Round Table (horse) - Wikipedia

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    An astonishing feat, the closest to that number for any other horse in history to run that distance under the two minute mark was just two times. [6] Round Table's lifetime earnings were $1,749,869, and he was the third American Thoroughbred to earn more than a million dollars, after Citation and Nashua. Of his 66 starts, he won 43, placed in 8 ...

  8. American Racing Manual - Wikipedia

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    The Manual was considered the "World Almanac" of racing during its earlier publication history. [4] Tom Ainslie, a noted American handicapper, calls the work a "magnificent encyclopedic" work. [5] Although the main publication from 1906 covered only Thoroughbreds, the previous incarnations also included harness racing and other sporting events. [4]

  9. Boston (horse) - Wikipedia

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    Boston (1833–1850) was an outstanding Thoroughbred racehorse and a leading sire in North America three times from 1851 to 1853. He started in about 45 races, winning 40, including 15 in succession. He started in about 45 races, winning 40, including 15 in succession.