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The Blood-Horse magazine ranked her 35th in its list of the top 100 U.S. thoroughbred champions of the 20th Century; she is the highest-rated filly (or mare) on the list. Sports Illustrated included her as the only non-human on their list of the top 100 female athletes of the century, ranking her 53rd.
His death played a significant role in the decline of jousting as a sport, particularly in France. [89] Amy Robsart: 8 September 1560: The 28-year-old wife of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester was found dead by a staircase with two wounds on her head and a broken neck. Theories suggest she threw herself down the stairs. [90] [91] Hans Staininger
Eight Belles (February 23, 2005 – May 3, 2008) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who came second in the 2008 Kentucky Derby to the winner Big Brown. [1] Her collapse just after the race resulted in immediate euthanasia.
Ruffian is a 2007 American television film that tells the story of the U.S. Racing Hall of Fame Champion Thoroughbred filly Ruffian who went undefeated until her death after breaking down in a nationally televised match race at Belmont Park on July 6, 1975 against the Kentucky Derby winner, Foolish Pleasure.
Ogden Phipps won the toss and took the 1969 weanling filly out of Somethingroyal. [3] [10] The filly was named The Bride and never won a race, though she did later become a stakes producer. [11] [12] Chenery received the Hasty Matelda colt in 1969 and the as-yet-unborn 1970 foal of Somethingroyal, which turned out to be Secretariat. [3]
Filly Sammelband (Filly Anthology): The self-proclaimed fan guide to the Filly characters, featuring extended bios for all regular-release Fillys that was released in the past year, and a select few special characters. Published annually since 2012 and until 2018, excluding Angels and Ballerina (latter only got information about them in the ...
Champions from 1887 through 1935 were selected retrospectively by a panel of experts as published by The Blood-Horse magazine. [ 1 ] In 2015, the Daily Racing Form , the Thoroughbred Racing Associations, and the National Turf Writers Association decided that the award would be renamed and awarded to older female horses proficient in dirt and ...
Miss Dahlia, bay filly 1994, by Strawberry Road. Unraced. Dam of Capital Plan, winner of 5 races including Santa Barbara Handicap and Beverly Hills Handicap. [27] Tani, chestnut filly, 1996, by Theatrical. Unraced. She was pensioned in 1996 and remained Diamond A Farm until her death, at 31 years, in 2001. She was buried in the farm's horse ...