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Bluebird was a "lengthy, useful-looking" [2] bay horse with a white star and three white socks and bred in Kentucky by the Seitz-Waldman Partnership. As a yearling, the colt was offered for sale at Keeneland and was bought for US$1,100,000 (equivalent to about $3,100,000 in 2023) by BBA Ireland [1] on behalf of Robert Sangster and the Coolmore Stud.
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Key to the Moon's dam was Kamar, winner of the 1979 Canadian Oaks and a daughter of Key to the Mint, the 1972 American Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse. Conditioned for racing by future Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame trainer, Gil Rowntree , at age two Key to the Moon won the 1983 Display Stakes at his home base, Woodbine Racetrack in ...
The race proved to be an exciting contest, as Coniston Bluebird and Down The Road ran clear from the field in the straight and were involved in a photo-finish. Coniston Bluebird's first run after the New Zealand Derby was an eighth in the Rosehill Guineas, which was followed by a 12th placing in the AJC Australian Derby.
Beautiful Jim Key was a famous performing horse around the turn of the twentieth century. [1] His promoters claimed that the horse could read and write, handle money, perform arithmetic for numbers below thirty, [ 2 ] and recite Bible passages "where the horse is mentioned."
Horse racing became a popular pastime in 19th century France under Louis-Philippe and Napoleon III. Degas began admiring horses while visiting friends in Normandy. Over the course of his career it is reported that he created 45 oils, 20 pastels, 250 drawings, and 17 sculptures related to horses. Degas was eager to know horses in anatomical ...
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The Blue Book is a publication of The Jockey Club (U.S.) which lists the highest standard of thoroughbred horseraces in the world, which are collectively known as Group races.