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Valegro (born 5 July 2002) is a gelding ridden by the British equestrian Charlotte Dujardin in the sport of dressage. He stands 16.2 hands (66 inches, 168 cm) and has the stable name of Blueberry. He is a double World Champion in Dressage, he won Grand Prix Special and Grand Prix Freestyle at the World.
The gelding is the only horse to have won the "American Grand Prix Association Horse of the Year" title three times, [4] and is regarded as one of the best show-jumpers in history. [ 5 ] Three genetic clones of Gem Twist were subsequently foaled after Gem Twist's death in 2006: Gemini CL, Murka's Gem, and Gem Twist Alpha Z.
Binion was also the owner of a horse named "Nigger" (later referred to as "Benny Binion's Gelding") who was the 1946, 1947, and 1948 National Cutting Horse Association (NCHA) World Champion. [38] Bred by Binion, ridden and trained by George Glascock, the solid black 15 hand gelding is the only horse to capture the NCHA World Championship three ...
The Dalton Brothers is the name of a parody country and western band briefly impersonated by U2 during their 1987 Joshua Tree U.S. tour. The Max McCoy novel The Sixth Rider (1991) tells of the group's exploits from the vantage point of the possible sixth member involved in the Coffeyville bank holdups.
In 2014-2015, Stryker Phd became the first horse to win the Longacres Mile in consecutive years at Emerald Downs. The 6-year-old Washington-bred gelding by Bertrando-Striking Scholar is owned by Jim and Mona Hour of Bellevue, Wash., trained by Larry Ross and ridden by Leslie Mawing. Emerald Downs selected other races and inaugural date:
A gelding is a castrated male horse or other equine, such as a pony, donkey or a mule. The term is also used with certain other animals and livestock , such as domesticated camels . [ 1 ] By comparison, the equivalent term for castrated male cattle would be steer (or bullock ), and wether for sheep and goats .
Velvet names her horse "The Pie" because his previous owner called the troublesome gelding a pirate. Seeing the Pie's talent, she pleads with Mi to train him for the Grand National. To cover the costs, Mrs. Brown gives Velvet the prize money she won for swimming across the English Channel. Velvet and Mi train the Pie and enter him into the race.
Jorrocks, also known as The Iron Gelding, was a hardy, celebrated Australian-bred Anglo-Arabian racehorse that won 30 of his 31 starts in 1846, carrying no less than 9 stone (57 kg) over the usual distances of two (3,200 metres) or three miles (4,800 m). Jorrocks was leading stake winner in New South Wales eight times.