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Secretariat was buried at Claiborne Farm, [138] given the rare honor of being buried whole (traditionally only the head, heart, and hooves of a winning race horse are buried). [ 38 ] At the time of Secretariat's death, the veterinarian who performed the necropsy , Thomas Swerczek, head pathologist at the University of Kentucky, did not weigh ...
Phar Lap (4 October 1926 – 5 April 1932) was a New Zealand-born champion Australian Thoroughbred racehorse.Achieving great success during his distinguished career, his initial underdog status gave people hope during the early years of the Great Depression. [3]
Swale (April 21, 1981 – June 17, 1984) was an American thoroughbred racehorse. He is best known for winning the Kentucky Derby and the Belmont Stakes in 1984. He died eight days after his win in the latter race.
Cigar (April 18, 1990 – October 7, 2014), was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who was the 1995 and 1996 American Horse of the Year.He was the first American racehorse racing against top-class competition to win 16 consecutive races since Triple Crown winner Citation did so between 1948 and 1950.
Riva Ridge (April 13, 1969 – April 21, 1985) was a Thoroughbred racehorse, the winner of the Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes in 1972. [2]Often remembered simply as a stablemate of Secretariat, Riva Ridge was a successful racehorse in his own right, winning 17 of his 30 starts and two championships: American Champion Two-Year-Old Male Horse in 1971 and American Champion Older Male Horse in ...
Shergar (3 March 1978 – c. February 1983) was an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse.After a very successful season in 1981 he was retired to the Ballymany Stud in County Kildare, Ireland.
Barbaro (April 29, 2003 – January 29, 2007) was a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 2006 Kentucky Derby but shattered his leg two weeks later in the Preakness Stakes which ended his racing career and eventually led to the decision to euthanize him.
The osselet injury kept Citation from racing in 1949, but he came back to race in 1950, winning his 16th race in a row at Santa Anita Park (a streak that stood alone among major North American stakes horses until Cigar equaled the feat in 1994–96; Zenyatta and Peppers Pride both later broke the mark by winning their 19th race in a row ...