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Godasse, horse of the French soldier Godaille in the comics series Godaille et Godasse by Jacques Sandron. [7] Het Gouden Paard, a horse whose skin is gold. Appears in the Suske en Wiske story Het Gouden Paard. [8] Hero, the fastest horse in the world; owned by The Phantom. Hirnu the pony, the protagonist of Hirnu, a Finnish comic strip by ...
Thoroughbred Winning Brew holds the Guinness world record for the fastest speed from the starting gate for a Thoroughbred racehorse, at 70.76 km/h (43.97 mph) over two furlongs, [3] although Quarter Horses attain higher speeds over shorter distances than Thoroughbreds. [4]
The peregrine falcon is the fastest bird, and the fastest member of the animal kingdom, with a diving speed of over 300 km/h (190 mph). [1] The fastest land animal is the cheetah . Among the fastest animals in the sea is the black marlin , with uncertain and conflicting reports of recorded speeds.
Kelso: only five-time U.S. Horse of the Year, in the list of the top 100 U.S. thoroughbred champions of the 20th Century by The Blood-Horse magazine, Kelso ranks 4th Kincsem : Hungarian race mare and most successful racehorse ever, winning all 54 starts in five countries
Orlov Trotters had already proved to be the best racing horses in Russia, and soon, they proved to be the best in Europe. In 1867, the Orlov Trotter horse Beduin made headlines when, at World's Fair in Paris, he covered 3,500 feet in 1 minute 32 seconds – 4 seconds ahead the fastest Standardbred mare at that time, Flora Temple.
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Secretariat (March 30, 1970 – October 4, 1989), also known as Big Red, was a champion American thoroughbred racehorse who was the ninth winner of the American Triple Crown, setting and still holding the fastest time record in all three of its constituent races. He is widely considered to be the greatest racehorse of all time.
Varenne holds the record as the most widely traveled horse in the history of horse racing, winning in 7 countries and on two continents. He is the sole European trotter to win the Breeders Crown (2001) in the US, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] where he set the world speed record ( 1 mile in 1.51.1 - average per kilometer 1.09.1).