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Rugged Lark, famous quarter horse owned by Carol Harris, in the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame; Sampson, the tallest horse ever recorded; a Shire; stood 21.25 hands (86.5 inches; 220 cm) high; Spanker was a 17th-century sire of many important horses. Thunder, Red Ryder's horse; Traveler, mascot of the University of Southern California
Mare Sergeant Yeager's Lady JA Will Stead W. A. Yeager Broodmare Garrett's Miss Pawhuska: 2006 1946 1975 Sorrel Mare Leo: Jenny Dee Jimmie Allred Bill Rowe Racing Go Man Go: 1990 1953 1983 Roan Stallion Top Deck (TB) Lightfoot Sis Very Wise (TB) J. B. Ferguson Racing Goetta: 2007 1961 1978 Bay Mare Go Man Go: Etta Leo Leo: E. L. Gosselin Racing ...
Pan Zareta started 151 times with 76 wins and is considered to be the "winningest female Thoroughbred in American history". [115] Catherina (1830, by Whisker) started in 176 races and won 79 of them, many over long distances, including the Manchester Cup, Tradesmen's Cup, and Heaton Park's King's Cup.
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.
Breeders speak of a "nick" occurring when a sire or grandsire produces significantly better offspring from the daughters of one particular sire than with mares from other bloodlines. The breeding of Bold Ruler with Somethingroyal is an example of a famous nick between Bold Ruler's sire Nasrullah and daughters of Princequillo. The goal was to ...
Desert Gold: race mare who won 19 races successive races during World War I; often raced against Gloaming; Desert Orchid: won King George four times and Cheltenham Gold Cup; Dr. Fager: "the Doctor"; set the world record at 1 mile on any surface, 1:32 1/5, and held it for more than 20 years. The only horse in American history who in 1968 won ...
Melody Maid, chestnut mare f. 1937 Floyd Carothers: Mr. & Mrs. Frank D. Rambo [5] 1943 Black Angel, black mare Winston Wiser: Mr. & Mrs. R. F. Ellis [6] 1944 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
Zenyatta (foaled April 1, 2004) is a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the Breeders' Cup Classic and Breeders' Cup Distaff and 19 of her 20 starts. She was the 2010 American Horse of the Year, and Champion Older Female in 2008, 2009 and 2010.