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unusual facts about stables



Andrew Balding

Andrew Matthews Balding (born 29 December 1972) is a racehorse trainer based at Park House Stables, Kingsclere, England.

Burchard Precht

He delivered a pair of marble busts for Stockholm Castle in 1690, and also created marble statues for the royal stables on the island of Helgeandsholmen.

Careless Jewel

She is owned by Verne Dubinsky of Alberta, Canada who races under the name Donver Stables, and is trained by Josie Carroll from a base at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto.

Cobham Hall

The fourth earl, who inherited in 1781, employed James Wyatt extensively, for interiors that included the Picture Gallery and the Dining Room, and for stables and a Gothic dairy.

Darci Brahma

Sent to trainer Mark Walker of Te Akau Racing Stables near Matamata for his early education, Darci Brahma quickly established a reputation as a potential star in the making winning his first race (January 2005) on debut, following that up with a strong win in the Listed Ford Fairview Slipper Stakes at Matamata in February and then running 2nd to Mi Jubilee in the Group One Ellerslie Sires Produce Stakes at Ellerslie in March.

Evelyn Nakano Glenn

Glenn's family was first assigned to live in the horse stables at a race track in Turlock, California, and thereafter was sent to the Gila River camp in the Arizona desert, and then to the Heart Mountain camp in the high country of Wyoming.

Free All the Monsters

In December 2010, The Bats recorded tracks for the album at a backpackers and stables at the old Seacliff Asylum, between Oamaru and Dunedin.

Fritz Eckert

Eckert designed Professor Curman's villa on Stockholm's Floragatan (1880), the Royal Stables of Stockholm (1895), Antuna Gård mansion in Upplands Väsby, the YWCA building in Stockholm (designed in 1905) and the new church in Krokek in Östergötland County (1895-1896), as well as contributing to numerous church restorations.

George Basevi

Other work included the stables at Bretton Hall in Yorkshire, Bywell Bridge in Northumberland, the Entrance Hall and Dining Room at Painswick House for his brother-in-law William Henry Hyett, and the remodelling of Gatcombe Park for the economist David Ricardo.

Godolphin Stables

Godolphin Stables, also known as Stanley House stables, is a thoroughbred racehorse ownership, training and breeding operation in Newmarket, Suffolk, which has produced many notable horses.

Guillaume Pisdoé

His son (in 1316) Guillaume II Pisdoé was the First Equerry of the King (Master of Stables), in charge of carrying the Royal Sword of Philip V of France.

Hexham railway station

The Victorian railway stables are being relocated to Beamish Museum.

Jake Thackray and Songs

A live album of the same name, recorded at the Stables Theatre, Wavendon, Milton Keynes, as part of the sessions for the TV series, was released on LP by Dingles Records in 1983.

John Smythson

John's other great architectural achievements are at Welbeck where he designed a riding school in 1622, new stables in 1625 and Swarkestone Hall Pavilion in 1632.

John Southerden Burn

In 1854 a new partner, Charles Tayler Ware, joined the firm; in the following year, after Stables's death, Burn retired from practice, and lived at The Grove in Henley-on-Thames.

Lawrence Moore Cosgrave

Cosgrave was the son of Lawrence J., founder of Cosgrave & Sons Brewery Company, and brother of James, a partner with E. P. Taylor in horse racing's Cosgrave Stables.

Leading Comics

They also collaborated on All Star Comics, an All-American publication which featured the Justice Society of America, a super hero team including characters from both companies' stables, e.g., The Spectre and Starman from National, The Flash and Green Lantern from All-American.

Lech Mackiewicz

Cate Blanchett's first theatre production out of NIDA was Kafka Dances at the Stables Theatre (Sydney 1993) where Lech starred as Franz Kafka and Cate played his fiancée, Felice Bauer.

Living Museum of the Horse

The château and museum appeared in the 1985 James Bond film "A View to a Kill", where it portrayed the French home and stables of villain Max Zorin, played by Christopher Walken.

May Day Park, Chennai

On 28 January 1869, a resolution was passed by the Madras municipality proposing the creation of a park at the site of the stables of Messrs. Burghall and Company in Chintadripettah.

Medici giraffe

Lorenzo had built special stables for it, either at the family's villa at Poggio a Caiano or in the Via della Scala in Florence itself, with heating to protect it from the damp Florentine winters.

Molangoor Quilla

The ruins of palaces, Garrisons, stables and other structures stand as mute witness to the valour and pride of the fort.

Museum of Lakeland Life

The museum is located within the original Georgian stables of the Abbot Hall Art Gallery.

Nadhim Zahawi

In November 2013 it was reported by the Birmingham Mail newspaper that in May 2011 (one year after he became an MP) Nadhim Zahawi used as a mortgage lender a company called Berkford Investments Limited, which was based in the low-tax British overseas territory of Gibraltar, to finance the purchase of his constituency home 'Oakland' riding stables estate (worth at the time £875,000) in Upper Tysoe, near Stratford-upon-Avon, in Warwickshire.

Norwood, North Carolina

Fork Stables is located about 2 miles south of town and the Michelin tire plant which makes the aircraft tires for the space shuttle is located in town.

Ogbourne Maizey

The hamlet on the banks of the River Og is dominated by commuter housing and race horse stables on the narrow road that leads over the downs to Rockley.

Ogden Mills Phipps

The son of major Thoroughbred owner/breeder Ogden Phipps, his grandmother Gladys Mills Phipps owned the renowned Wheatley Stable, and great-grandfather Ogden Mills, involved with Thoroughbreds beginning near the end of the 19th century, owned racing stables in the United States and was a partner with Lord Derby in a racing stable in France.

Persian Punch

Persian Punch was trained throughout his racing career by David Elsworth at Whitsbury Manor Racing Stables, Fordingbridge, Wiltshire, England.

Peter Scudamore

He now lives with, and is assistant trainer to, successful Scottish jumps trainer, Lucinda Russell at Arlary House Stables near Milnathort.

Peter Walwyn

In October 1960 he took out a licence to train and in 1965 he moved to the stables at Seven Barrows where he spent the majority of his career.

Pilot Corporation

In 2008, Pilot president James (Jimmy) Haslam III, son of founder James (Jim) Haslam II, purchased a 16% stake in the Pittsburgh Steelers as part of the team's ownership restructuring due to some heirs of the Rooney family retaining stakes in gambling enterprises such as horse tracks and race horse breeding stables, violating NFL rules.

Plympton Park, South Australia

Being adjacent to the Morphettville Racecourse, it attracts horse husbandry facilities and there are many stables near the racecourse.

Powder Horn Mountain

The project was founded by developer Bob Horne, and included a golf course, riding stables and trails in nearby Wilkes County, but after undergoing bankruptcy and foreclosure it was divided and sold separately.

Redstone Coke Oven Historic District

The Redstone Coke Oven Historic District is located at the intersection of State Highway 133 and Chair Mountain Stables Road outside Redstone, Colorado, United States.

Sea Bird

Sea-Bird was a chestnut horse with a narrow white blaze and white socks on his hind legs bred at the stables of his owner, the Lille textile manufacturer Jean Ternynck.

Seagram Stables

As part of a program honoring important horse racing tracks and racing stables, the Pennsylvania Railroad named its baggage car #5860 the "Seagram Stable".

Sir Sydney Waterlow, 1st Baronet

One story suggests that the Lodge and stables were built to accommodate the Shah of Persia's racehorses on his visits to England.

Speen, Buckinghamshire

Many of the horses that were injured when the IRA bombed the Royal Horse Guards in the early 1980s were brought here (Sefton being the most famous), and the stables have become a popular tourist attraction for animal lovers.

St. Robert Bellarmine Catholic Church

The elementary school, a 1930s rebuilding of the original Holy Trinity Church, is partly Neoclassical (based on Thomas Jefferson's stables at Monticello), and partly Moderne.

Stella Nova

Philippa Boyens, Norman Cates, Mary MacLachlan, and Wayne Taz Stables are ex-members who have been active in the club's model-making or fan video production, and have since progressed to fantasy film production on feature films such as The Lord of the Rings film trilogy.

Thornton Hough

The firm of Grayson & Ould designed the Village Club and Post Office, Weald House, several houses in The Folds and rebuilt Thornton House in 1895 and designed its lodges and stables.

Tim Easterby

Easterby took over the Habton Grange stables in North Yorkshire from his father, Peter Easterby, in February 1996.

Tom Dascombe

Tom's biggest successes at Manor House Stables came in 2011 at Royal Ascot when Rhythm Of Light and Brown Panther (who later finished second in the 2011 St. Leger Stakes) won the Sandringham Listed Handicap and the King George V Handicap Stakes on consecutive days and in 2012 when Ceiling Kitty won the Group 2 Queen Mary Stakes at Royal Ascot.

Twycross Zoo

After the purchase of the Grange, Badham and Evans converted the 12 acres of gardens, outbuildings, stables and farm buildings into a zoo.

Victor Sassoon

Among his stables' significant performances were wins in the Epsom Derby (Pinza, Crepello, Hard Ridden, St. Paddy) Epsom Oaks, 1,000 Guineas, 2,000 Guineas, St. Leger Stakes, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes.

Walter Swinburn

After retiring as a winner of numerous Group One races, including eight British Classics, Swinburn began working as a licensed trainer in 2004 and operated Walter Swinburn Racing Stables based at Church Farm in Aldbury, Tring, Hertfordshire.

Wandsworth

A green plaque to commemorate aviation pioneer Alliott Verdon Roe was unveiled by Wandsworth Council and members of the Verdon-Roe family beside the A3 close to Wandsworth Fire Station on the site of Roe's first workshop in the stables of his brother's house at 47, West Hill.

West Ilsley

Horse Trainer Mick Channon (the ex Southampton footballer), who moved into the village after buying the stables of the former Queen's trainer, Dick Hern.

Willington Dovecote and Stables

Willington Dovecote & Stables is a National Trust property located in Willington, near Bedford, Bedfordshire, England.

Zwinger

Nearby buildings include the Dresden State Theatre to the southwest, the Haus am Zwinger to the south, the Taschenbergpalais hotel to the southeast, the west wing of the palace with its Green Vault to the east, the Altstädtische Hauptwache to the northeast, the Semper Opera to the north and the former royal stables to the northwest.


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