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Glen Riddle Farm has been developed recently into a housing complex and golf club. Glen Riddle Farm's horses won numerous important stakes races including the following prestigious U.S. Triple Crown races: Kentucky Derby: 1937 : War Admiral; Preakness Stakes: 1920 : Man o' War; 1937 : War Admiral; Belmont Stakes: 1920 : Man o' War
War Admiral, War Relic. George H. Conway (July 7, 1873 – June 20, 1939) [1] was a Triple Crown -winning American horse trainer who worked at Glen Riddle Farm in Berlin, Maryland. He is best known for training War Admiral, who won the Triple Crown in 1937 and was selected as the American Horse of the Year over his nephew and competitor Seabiscuit.
War Admiral (May 2, 1934 – October 30, 1959) was a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse who is the fourth winner of the American Triple Crown. He was also the 1937 Horse of the Year and well known as the rival of Seabiscuit in the "Match Race of the Century" in 1938. [1] War Admiral won 21 of his 26 starts with earnings of $273,240 and ...
Equipment sorted, “Sagan Golf Club” — named after the nearby town — was founded mere weeks later. At the inaugural “Sagan Open” prisoners simply competed to get their ball nearest to a ...
The Old Course at St Andrews, also known as the Old Lady or the Grand Old Lady, [2][3][4] is considered the oldest golf course [5][6] in the world. It is a public course over common land in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland and is held in trust by the St Andrews Links Trust under an act of Parliament. The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews ...
Known for. Man o' War, War Admiral. Samuel Doyle Riddle (July 1, 1861 – January 8, 1951) was an American businessman and racehorse owner. He was born in Glen Riddle, Pennsylvania, a small town in Delaware County southwest of Philadelphia, given the family name by his father Samuel Riddle. Samuel D. Riddle owned and operated a woolen mill ...
Seabiscuit (May 23, 1933 – May 17, 1947) was a champion thoroughbred racehorse in the United States who became the top money-winning racehorse up to the 1940s. He beat the 1937 Triple Crown winner, War Admiral, by four lengths in a two-horse special at Pimlico and was voted American Horse of the Year for 1938.
Battle of Cape Matapan. The Battle of Cape Matapan (Greek: Ναυμαχία του Ταινάρου) was a naval battle during the Second World War between the Allies, represented by the navies of the United Kingdom and Australia, and the Royal Italian navy, from 27 to 29 March 1941. Cape Matapan is on the south-western coast of the ...