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It is restricted to stallions which are based in North America, but currently includes earnings from overseas races in Great Britain, Ireland, France, Italy, Germany and the United Arab Emirates as well as domestic earnings.
The controversial list, which named Man O'War number one and Secretariat number two, was expanded into a 1999 book which included complete biographies of the horses. [2] All the horses on the list had raced in the United States except Phar Lap, [3] and a few others such as Northern Dancer, Dahlia and Miesque began their careers in another country.
Man o' War (March 29, 1917 – November 1, 1947) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who is widely regarded as one of the greatest racehorses of all time. Several sports publications, including The Blood-Horse, Sports Illustrated, and the Associated Press, voted Man o' War as the best American racehorse of the 20th century.
The ratings for the horses also help establish two other awards: the aforementioned Longines World's Best Horse Race and the Longines World's Best Jockey. The Longines World's Best Horse Race award recognizes the best-rated race of the highest-rated Group 1 international races as established by a panel of international handicappers.
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The all-time record, recognized by Guinness World Records, is held by Chorisbar who won 197 times over the course of 324 career starts. [110] Condado , a chestnut horse who raced in Puerto Rico from 1936 to 1943, won a grand total of 152 times [ 111 ] Galgo Jr. earned 137 wins in 159 starts from 1930 to 1936. [ 29 ]
Byerley Turk – 17 stallions, 59 championships, most recently Tetratema in 1929; Godolphin Arabian – 12 stallions, 32 championships, most recently Chamossaire in 1964; D'Arcy White Turk – 3 stallions, 10 championships, most recently Bolton Starling in 1744; Curwen's Bay Barb – 2 stallions, 4 championships, most recently Crab in 1750
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