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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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In 1995, British pop duo Robson & Jerome recorded the song as part of a double A-side release, coupled with "Unchained Melody"; the single stayed at No. 1 for seven weeks in the UK Singles Chart, selling over a million copies and also making it the number one song with the longest title, including brackets.
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.
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.
Elliott Walden, the racing manager of WinStar Farm, credited Smith for the change in tactics that allowed Drosselmeyer to make a sustained drive. "We went to Mike because we felt he would get him in a rhythm and keep him running," said Walden. This horse really kicked hard turning for home and finished strong."
Bred by Canadian E. P. Taylor at his Windfields Farm (Maryland), Devil's Bag was out of the mare Ballade and sired by Halo, making him a full brother to both the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame inductee Glorious Song and Arlington Classic winner and very successful sire Saint Ballado.
In heat racing, a horse had to win two heats on the same day to be considered the winner of the race. If different horses won the first two heats, a third heat was required to determine the winner. His wins were broken down by distance as "four at four-mile heats, four of three-mile heats, six of two-mile heats, in six, distances not given." [1 ...