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Sigmund Sommer (June 19, 1916 – April 30, 1979) was a Brooklyn, New York–based building contractor, philanthropist, and racehorse owner of Sham, the horse that placed second to Secretariat in two legs of the 1973 U.S. Triple Crown series. [1] At the time of Sommer's death at 62 in 1979, his estate was valued at almost $1 billion. [2]
Sham (April 9, 1970 – April 3, 1993) was an American thoroughbred race horse and leading three year-old in 1973, who was overshadowed by his more famous peer, Secretariat. Sham was dark bay, almost black in color.
The show jumping horse killings scandal refers to an unverified number of insurance fraud cases in the United States between the mid-1970s and the mid-1990s in which expensive horses, many of them show jumpers, were insured against death, accident, or disease, and then killed to collect the insurance money.
Jenna Henley has found solace in an unexpected place — atop the very horse that was involved in her father’s tragic death. Four years after losing her father, Darrell, Henley made the ...
A jury convicted Shamar Duncan last month following a five-day trial in connection with the Aug. 27, 2022, shooting death of Simmie Poetsema, 26. Indiana man who killed Dutch soldier, injured 2 ...
The animal welfare charity League Against Cruel Sports counts the number of horse deaths at 40 over the three-day meet from the year 2000 to 2013. [9] The following list details the equine fatalities during, or as a direct result of participating in, the Grand National, that is, the showpiece steeplechase itself rather than all the various races held over the entire three-day "Grand National ...
Ex-NYC Rep. Michael Grimm ‘paralyzed from chest down’ after falling off horse in freak polo accident: ‘A lot of prayers are needed’ Carl Campanile November 10, 2024 at 12:16 PM
Willy Kan, Hong Kong jockey, fell from horse and was trampled to death. Kieran Kelly, Irish jockey, died from injuries caused by a fall at Kilbeggan racecourse, 2003. Manny Mercer, died in 1959 after being kicked in the head after a fall at Ascot Racecourse. Donald Nicholson, killed in the 1885 Caulfield Cup fall, when 17 of the 44 runners fell ...