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First run in 1950, its popularity saw the 1958 edition of the Michigan Mile And One-Eighth Handicap draw the largest crowd in the racetrack's history. [1] That 1958 race was won by E. P. Taylor's Nearctic , a future Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame inductee and sire of the supersire Northern Dancer .
The Michigan Quarter Horse Association Hall of Fame was founded in the late 1980s to honor individuals and horses from the US state of Michigan. The intent of this hall of fame is to recognize those who have made significant contributions to the Association and have impacted the Quarter Horse breed.
Michigan Mile And One-Eighth Handicap (1990) Philip H. Iselin Handicap (1990) Beau Genius (foaled May 20, 1985 – July 25, 2014) [ 1 ] was a Canadian Thoroughbred racehorse .
Between 1993 and 2001, economic activity from horse racing throughout the state fell nearly 19 percent.Year-round racing and the introduction to simulcasting in 1996 helped to keep the racetracks ...
Harold Howard owned a strawberry farm in Remus, Michigan, and plowed his land with draft horses. Always on the lookout for "an eye-catching horse that could do it all", in 1966 he came across an ad in Quarter Horse Journal for Phillips' sale that included a photo of Eternal Sun. Howard drove to Texas and was the top bidder for the stallion.
Doc died Sept. 10, 2021, and his remains will be interred at the Michigan War Dog Memorial in Lyon Township later this year when the site opens up to service horses.
The Detroit Race Course was a complex in Livonia, Michigan, a suburb northwest of Detroit and part of the metropolitan area. It consisted of a regulation racing track and associated stables for horses, and facilities for trainers, exercise workers, and jockeys. It was opened in 1950 primarily as a venue for racing thoroughbreds.
There have been 29 human cases of West Nile Virus confirmed in 2024, state officials said in a weekly update.