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6 unusual facts about thoroughbred horse racing


Les Lear

Leslie Lear (born on August 22, 1918 in Grafton, North Dakota; died January 5, 1979 in Los Angeles, California) was a National Football League and Canadian Football League player and coach as well as an owner and trainer of Thoroughbred race horses.

Following his retirement from football, Les Lear became involved in Thoroughbred horse racing both as a horse trainer and an owner.

Preakness, New Jersey

The colt Preakness, for whom the Preakness Stakes Thoroughbred horse race at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland is named, was owned by Milton H. Sanford's Preakness Stables located at the corner of Valley Road and Preakness Avenue.

Queen Elizabeth's horses

Elizabeth owns many thoroughbred horses for use in racing, having inherited several on the death of her father King George VI, in 1952.

Thoroughbred horse racing

The National Steeplechase Association is the official sanctioning body of American steeplechase horse racing.

Zahra Aga Khan

Like her father, Princess Zahra is a fan of Thoroughbred horse racing and has begun racing horses in her own name, the owner-breeder of the Prix Vermeille winner Mandesha.


Bert S. Michell

Bernard S. "Bert" Michell (c.1882 - October 21, 1938) was an American Thoroughbred horse racing trainer best known for winning the 1928 Kentucky Derby with American Horse of the Year and Hall of Fame inductee, Reigh Count.

Best Jockey ESPY Award

The Best Jockey ESPY Award, known alternatively as the Jockey of the Year ESPY Award, has been presented annually since 1994 to the thoroughbred horse racing jockey, irrespective of nationality or gender, adjudged to be the best of those riding in the United States in a given calendar year.

Caroline County, Virginia

During the Colonial Period, Caroline County was the birthplace of Thoroughbred horse racing in North America.

Kirk McLean

Involved in thoroughbred horse racing, he co-owned Regal Discovery, a colt who won the 136th Queen's Plate in 1995, with his wife Lesley and her parents Anne and Ron.


see also

Alan Goldberg

Alan E. Goldberg (born 1949), American Thoroughbred horse racing trainer

Baron Sherborne

Sherborne's contribution to the world of thoroughbred horse racing was also important due to the close horse-breeding ties between Sir John Dutton and the Earl of Godolphin who owned Godolphin Arabian.

Charles Burr

Charles E. Burr (1934–2008), American Champion Thoroughbred horse racing jockey

Edward Bowen

Edward L. Bowen (born c.1942), American author of books on Thoroughbred horse racing

Frank Alexander

Frank A. Alexander (born 1937), American Thoroughbred horse racing trainer

Group 3

Group 3, the third tier of races in worldwide Thoroughbred horse racing

Maryland State Fair

The majority stockholder of the Corporation for the M.S.F. & A.S. of B.C., which was now the Maryland Jockey Club (which also owned and operated the famous Pimlico Race Course in northwest Baltimore, and home to the Preakness Stakes - one of thoroughbred horse racing's "Triple Crown"), had agreed to sell.

Preakness

Preakness Stables, a former thoroughbred horse racing stable located in the above section

Willie Sims

Willie Simms (1870–1927 ), American thoroughbred horse racing jockey