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1836 Grand Liverpool Steeplechase

The winning horse was The Duke, ridden by Captain Martin Becher in the violet with white sleeves and cap colours of Mr Sirdefield, the landlord of the George Inn in Great Crosby and was trained privately.

1970–71 Ashes series

Farmers donated barley, wheat, oats, timber, sheep and cattle to be sold for the fund, one town built and sold a house and the racehorse La Loire made $18,000 in a raffle.

Bart Cummings

James Bartholomew 'Bart' Cummings, AM (born 14 November 1927) is one of the most successful Australian racehorse trainers.

Beech House

Beech House Stud, an English Thoroughbred racehorse breeding farm near Newmarket, Suffolk

Benjamin Tasker

Benjamin Tasker, Jr. (1720–1760), Maryland politician, delegate to the Albany Congress, racehorse owner

Benjamin Whitaker

Ben F. Whitaker (died 1954), American businessman, racehorse owner

Best Pal

Best Pal (February 12, 1988 in Ramona, California – November 24, 1998 in Ramona, California) was an American Hall of Fame champion racehorse, who to this day holds the record for purses of any California-bred racehorse, earning his owners, the Golden Eagle Farm, US$5.6 million over his lifetime.

Bletchingly Stakes

The race was first held in 1992 and is named in honour of the former champion racehorse and sire Vain.

Bobbyjo

Bobbyjo (1990–2001) was an Irish bred racehorse by Bustineto and Markup, best remembered as the winner of the 1999 Grand National steeplechase at Aintree.

Clarissa Dickson Wright

Along with racehorse trainer Sir Mark Prescott, Dickson Wright was charged with hare coursing with dogs in North Yorkshire in March 2007 under a private prosecution lodged by the International Fund for Animal Welfare under the Hunting Act 2004.

Deanna Manfredi

Inspired by her father, a racehorse breeder and trainer, she developed a lifelong affinity for thoroughbred racehorses and the Sport of Kings.

Earl Poulett

The sixth earl was heavily involved in steeplechasing as a racehorse owner whose cerise and blue colours were most famed for being carried to victory twice in the Grand National in 1868 and 1871 by The Lamb.

Edward Bradley

Edward R. Bradley (1859–1946), American businessman, thoroughbred racehorse owner/breeder

Esa Tikkanen

The 1994 Breeders' Cup Turf was won by Tikkanen, a Thoroughbred racehorse named in Esa Tikkanen's honor by George W. Strawbridge, Jr., owner of Augustin Stable and an active director of the Buffalo Sabres NHL ice hockey club and a member of the team's executive committee for more than thirty years.

Evening Jewel

Evening Jewel (foaled February 26, 2007 in California) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse by Northern Afleet out of Jewel of the Night, by Giant's Causeway.

Gaver

John M. Gaver, Jr. (1940–2002), American thoroughbred racehorse trainer

John M. Gaver, Sr. (1900–1982), American thoroughbred racehorse trainer

Granville Penn

A supporter of the Odiham Society, he met Charles Benoît Vial de Sainbel who was in England for the second time to try to set up a veterinary school, such as existed at Lyon; and whose profile was raised when he was asked to dissect the famous racehorse Eclipse.

Henry Hawley Smart

He was the son of Major George Smart and his wife Katherine, daughter of Sir Joseph Henry Hawley, 3rd Baronet (1813–1875), a wealthy racehorse owner, bibliophile and advocate of turf reform, and his wife Sarah (née Crosbie), who came from a landed Sussex family.

I'll Get Along

I'll Get Along (foaled March 11, 1992 in Kentucky) is a Thoroughbred racehorse by Champion Sprinter Smile and out of the stakes winning Foolish Pleasure mare Don't Worry Bout Me, tracing tail female to the mother of all blue hens, La Troienne.

J. I. Case

Jerome Case (1819–1891) — Jerome Increase Case, farm machinery maker and racehorse owner; founder of J. I. Case Company

John Oxx

Oxx served as chairman of the Irish National Stud from 1985 to 1990; he was chairman of the Irish Racehorse Trainers' Association from 1986 to 1991 and from 1993 to 1996; he has served on numerous other racing bodies and is chairman of the Racing Academy and Centre of Education.

Laura Hillenbrand

Hillenbrand's first book was the acclaimed Seabiscuit: An American Legend (2001), a nonfiction account of the career of the great racehorse Seabiscuit, for which she won the William Hill Sports Book of the Year in 2001.

Lee Mack

After working at the stable of racehorse trainer Ginger McCain in Southport for three days, he asked if he could ride one of the horses, to which the trainer agreed.

Madeline McDowell Breckinridge

Another, Thomas was a renowned Thoroughbred racehorse owner/breeder and trainer who won the 1902 Kentucky Derby.

Mark Upton

Jean was the eldest daughter of Bob Turnell who was at the time one of the leading jumping racehorse trainers of the time with a yard just outside Marlborough at Ogbourne Maizey.

McNall

Bruce McNall (born 1950), American racehorse owner and sports executive

McPeek

Kenneth McPeek (born 1962), American Thoroughbread racehorse trainer

Meadow Lea

It was sold in 1948 for £17,000 to Azzalin Romano, of the nightclub restaurant Romanos, who had sold his racehorse Bernborough in 1946 to Louis B. Mayer for £93,000.

Mick Easterby

Mick's brother, Peter Easterby, was also a racehorse trainer and is now retired, and his nephew Tim Easterby is an active trainer.

Monkey Swallows the Universe

The band also released a single from the album, Little Polveir, a song named after a racehorse which was an unlikely winner of the British Grand National.

Nagambie

Nagambie was the birthplace of the champion racehorse Black Caviar.

Parole Hunt Club

Carroll's horse ran against Dungannon, (aka "Duncannon"), a thoroughbred racehorse owned by the tobacco planter and horse breeder George Hume Steuart (1700-1784), who had imported the horse from England.

Priscilla Hastings

William Hastings-Bass, a racehorse trainer, who inherited the title of Earl of Huntingdon in 1990

Proud Accolade

Proud Accolade (2002–2009) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the 2004 Champagne Stakes and 2005 Hutcheson Stakes.

Rancho Seco Nuclear Generating Station

In cooperation with the Nature Conservancy, SMUD dedicated in June 2006 the Howard Ranch Nature Trail, a seven-mile (11 km) long trail that follows riparian and marsh habitat along Rancho Seco Lake and the adjoining Howard Ranch that once belonged to the owner of the famous racehorse Seabiscuit.

Ridgewood Ranch

It is probably best known for being the final resting place of the racehorse Seabiscuit.

Simone Simon

In the 1950s, Simon was romantically involved with the French banker and racehorse owner/breeder Alec Weisweiller whose wife Francine was one of Jean Cocteau's patrons.

Sir Malcolm Bullock, 1st Baronet

They had one daughter, Priscilla, who married the racehorse trainer Peter Hastings, later Peter Hastings-Bass.

St Mary's Church, Chastleton

Other notable burials in the churchyard include those of Alan Clutton-Brock of Chastleton House, Newbury Racecourse manager Geoffrey Freer and C.L.T. Walwyn, father of racehorse trainer Peter Walwyn.

Thomas McCarthy

Thomas R. McCarthy (born c. 1934), American Thoroughbred racehorse owner & trainer

Thomas P. Whitney

Thomas Porter Whitney (January 26, 1917 – December 2, 2007 in Manhattan, New York) was an American diplomat, author, translator, philanthropist and Thoroughbred racehorse owner/breeder.

Twin Sparks

Twin Sparks (foaled 2003 in Kentucky) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse who set a new world record for six furlongs on dirt of 1:06.49 while winning the November 21, 2009 Caballos del Sol Handicap at Turf Paradise Race Course in Phoenix, Arizona.

Venetia Williams

She worked for racehorse trainers Martin Pipe and John Edwards before taking up a licence to train herself in 1995.

Ward C. Pitfield, Jr.

(born September 6, 1925) is a retired Canadian financier and Thoroughbred racehorse owner.

Wheelock Whitney

Wheelock Whitney, Jr. or "Whee" Whitney, businessman, politician, philanthropist, and sports team and racehorse owner

William H. Turner, Jr.

At the age of 26, Turner went into business on his own as a trainer and found early success with the Thoroughbred racehorse Salerno, who won the Remsen Stakes in 1967.


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