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Cougar II Stakes, the Glossary

The Cougar II Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds over a distance of one and one-half miles on the dirt, scheduled annually in late July or early August at Del Mar Racetrack in Del Mar, California.^[1]

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Recurring sporting events established in 1937

A. Thomas Doyle

Andrew Thomas Doyle (September 23, 1917 – July 22, 1989) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer known for his success with young horses.

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Aaron Spelling

Aaron Spelling (April 22, 1923June 23, 2006) was an American film and television producer and occasional actor.

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Alex Solis

Alex O. Solis (born March 25, 1964) is a jockey based in the United States.

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Allen Paulson

Allen Eugene Paulson (April 22, 1922 – July 19, 2000) was an American businessman.

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Argentina

Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America.

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Associated Press

The Associated Press (AP) is an American not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City.

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands.

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Álvaro Pineda

Álvaro Pineda (November 9, 1945 – January 18, 1975) was a Mexican jockey who competed in thoroughbred horse racing in the United States.

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Billy Pearson

Bill Austin Pearson (May 19, 1920 – November 28, 2002) was an American jockey in thoroughbred horse racing, a quiz-show winner, bit-part film actor, and an art dealer.

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Bob Baffert

Robert A. Baffert (born January 13, 1953) is an American racehorse trainer who is considered one of the most successful and influential trainers in the history of horse racing.

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Brazil

Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest and easternmost country in South America and Latin America.

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Buddy Fogelson

Elijah E. "Buddy" Fogelson (February 16, 1900 – December 1, 1987) was an American lawyer, Army colonel, businessman, horse and cattle breeder, and philanthropist.

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Buster Millerick

Michael E. "Buster" Millerick (November 30, 1905 – September 30, 1986) was an American Hall of Fame racehorse trainer.

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Charles E. Whittingham

Charles Edward Whittingham (April 13, 1913 – April 20, 1999) was an American Thoroughbred race horse trainer who is one of the most acclaimed trainers in U.S. racing history.

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Chile

Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America.

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Chris Antley

Christopher Wiley Antley (January 6, 1966 – December 2, 2000) was an American National Champion and U.S. Racing Hall of Fame jockey.

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Chris McCarron

Christopher John McCarron (born March 27, 1955, Boston, Massachusetts) is a retired American thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey.

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Clement L. Hirsch

Clement Lang Hirsch (April 26, 1914 – March 15, 2000) was an American businessman and a prominent Thoroughbred racehorse owner who co-founded Oak Tree Racing Association. Born in St. Louis, Missouri to a very successful family of retail merchants, Clement Hirsch moved to California as a young man.

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Clyde Turk

Clyde Turk (November 15, 1907 – April 24, 1995) was an American jockey and trainer of thoroughbred racehorses.

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Corey Black

Corey A. Black (born January 11, 1969, in Westminster, California) is a retired Champion jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.

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Corey Nakatani

Corey S. Nakatani (born October 21, 1970, in Covina, California, United States) is a retired US Hall of Fame Thoroughbred horse racing jockey.

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Cougar (horse)

Cougar II (1966–1989) was a Chilean Thoroughbred racehorse who also competed in the United States, where he was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame. Cougar was noted for his late running style and versatility, winning major stakes races on both dirt and turf. Following his relocation from Chile to the United States, he was registered as Cougar II.

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Courier Journal

The Courier Journal, also known as the Louisville Courier Journal (and informally The C-J or The Courier), and called The Courier-Journal between November 8, 1868, and October 29, 2017, is a daily newspaper published in Louisville, Kentucky and owned by Gannett, which bills it as "Part of the ''USA Today'' Network".

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COVID-19 pandemic in the United States

On December 31, 2019, China announced the discovery of a cluster of pneumonia cases in Wuhan.

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Daily Racing Form

The Daily Racing Form (DRF) (referred to as the Racing Form or "Form" and sometimes "telegraph" or "telly") is a tabloid newspaper founded in 1894 in Chicago, Illinois, by Frank Brunell.

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Daily Times-Advocate

The Daily Times-Advocate, also called the Escondido Times-Advocate, was a daily newspaper published in Escondido, California.

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Darrel McHargue

Darrel G. McHargue (born September 26, 1954, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) is a retired American Champion jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing.

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Del Mar Fairgrounds

The Del Mar Fairgrounds is an event venue in Del Mar, California. Cougar II Stakes and Del Mar Fairgrounds are 1937 establishments in California and del Mar Racetrack.

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Del Mar, California

Del Mar (Spanish for "Of the Sea") is a beach town in San Diego County, California, located on the coast of the Pacific Ocean.

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Desi Arnaz

Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha III (March 2, 1917 – December 2, 1986), known as Desi Arnaz, was a Cuban-American actor, musician, producer, and bandleader.

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Donald R. Pierce

Donald R. Pierce (born April 13, 1937) is a retired U.S. Racing Hall of Fame jockey in thoroughbred horse racing.

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Doug O'Neill

Douglas F. O'Neill (born May 24, 1968) is an American Thoroughbred horse trainer.

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Eddie Delahoussaye

Edward J. Delahoussaye (born September 21, 1951) is a retired American Thoroughbred jockey from New Iberia, Louisiana.

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Edmund A. Gann

Edmund A. Gann (October 10, 1923 – February 5, 2010) was an American businessman and Thoroughbred racehorse owner.

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Elmer Bernstein

Elmer Bernstein (April 4, 1922August 18, 2004) was an American composer and conductor.

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Elvis Trujillo

Elvis Raúl Trujillo (born October 7, 1983, in Panama City, Panama) is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing best known for riding Maryfield to victory in the 2007 Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint.

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Fernando Toro

Fernando Toro (born January 31, 1941, in Santiago, Chile) is a retired US Hall of Fame Thoroughbred horse racing jockey about whom Santa Anita Park called one of Southern California's most successful jockeys in the 1970s and '80s.

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Flavien Prat

Flavien Prat (born August 4, 1992, in Melun, Seine-et-Marne, France) is a jockey in Thoroughbred racing who was a Champion Apprentice Jockey and Group 1 race winner in France before moving full-time to the United States in 2015 where he has won several meet riding Championships plus numerous top races including four Breeders' Cup races, the 2019 Kentucky Derby, and the 2021 Preakness Stakes.

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France

France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.

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Garrett K. Gomez

Garrett Keith Gomez (January 1, 1972 – December 14, 2016) was an American Thoroughbred jockey who won two Eclipse Awards and thirteen Breeders' Cup races during his career.

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Gary A. Tanaka

Gary A. Tanaka (born June 23, 1943, in Hunt, Idaho) is an American businessman, convicted securities fraudster, sportsman and philanthropist who co-founded the investment company Amerindo Investment Advisors in 1979 along with Alberto Vilar.

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Gary Barber

Gary Barber (born 1957) is a South African-born American film producer.

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Gary Stevens (jockey)

Gary Lynn Stevens (born March 6, 1963) is an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey, actor, and sports analyst.

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Graded stakes race

A graded stakes race is a thoroughbred horse race in the United States that meets the criteria of the American Graded Stakes Committee of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association (TOBA).

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Great Britain

Great Britain (commonly shortened to Britain) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the north-west coast of continental Europe, consisting of the countries England, Scotland and Wales.

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Greer Garson

Eileen Evelyn Greer Garson (29 September 1904 – 6 April 1996) was a British-American actress and singer.

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Henry Moreno

Henry E. "Hank" Moreno (May 12, 1930 - February 1, 2007) was a Thoroughbred horse racing jockey.

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Horse racing

Horse racing is an equestrian performance activity, typically involving two or more horses ridden by jockeys (or sometimes driven without riders) over a set distance for competition.

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Horse trainer

A horse trainer is a person who tends to horses and teaches them different disciplines.

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Howard Keck

Howard Brighton Keck (September 20, 1913 – December 14, 1996) was an American businessman.

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Howard W. Koch

Howard Winchel Koch (April 11, 1916 – February 16, 2001) was an American producer and director of film and television.

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Ireland

Ireland (Éire; Ulster-Scots: Airlann) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in north-western Europe.

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Jack Van Berg

John Charles "Jack" Van Berg (June 7, 1936 in Columbus, Nebraska – December 27, 2017) was an American Hall of Fame horse trainer.

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Jockey

A jockey is someone who rides horses in horse racing or steeplechase racing, primarily as a profession.

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John Gosden

John Harry Martin Gosden (born 30 March 1951) is a British racehorse trainer.

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John H. Adams (jockey)

John H. Adams (September 1, 1914 – August 19, 1995) was an American National Champion Thoroughbred racing jockey who was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1965.

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John W. Sadler

John W. Sadler (born July 30, 1956) is an American horse trainer in the sport of Thoroughbred horse racing.

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Johnny Longden

John Eric "Johnny" Longden (February 14, 1907 – February 14, 2003) was an American Hall of Fame and National Champion jockey and a trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses who was born in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England.

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Johnny Sellers

Johnny Sellers (July 31, 1937 – July 3, 2010) was an American National Champion jockey.

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Jorge Tejeira

Jorge Enrique Tejeira (born c. 1948) is a retired Panamanian jockey in United States Thoroughbred horse racing.

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Joseph Talamo

Joseph Talamo (born January 12, 1990, in Marrero, Louisiana) is a Champion jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.

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Juddmonte

Juddmonte Farms is a horse breeding farm, owned until his death on 12 January 2021 by Prince Khalid bin Abdullah of Saudi Arabia.

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Julio Canani

Julio Canani (November 13, 1938 – February 5, 2021) was a Peruvian-born American horse trainer in Thoroughbred horse racing.

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Kent Desormeaux

Kent Jason Desormeaux (born February 27, 1970) is an American thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey who holds the U.S. record for most races won in a single year with 598 wins in 1989.

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Laffit Pincay Jr.

Laffit Alejandro Pincay Jr. (born December 29, 1946, in Panama City, Panama) was once flat racing's winningest all-time jockey, still holding third place many years after his retirement.

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Laz Barrera

Lazaro Sosa Barrera (May 8, 1924 – April 25, 1991) was a Cuban-born American Hall of Fame thoroughbred racehorse trainer.

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Leonard H. Lavin

Leonard H. Lavin (October 29, 1919 – August 2, 2017) was an American businessman, racehorse owner and breeder, and philanthropist, who, in 1955 founded the Alberto-Culver Company.

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List of American and Canadian Graded races

The list of American and Canadian Graded races is a list of Thoroughbred horse races in the United States and Canada that meet the graded stakes standards maintained by the American Graded Stakes Committee of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association and the Jockey Club of Canada.

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Los Angeles Times

The Los Angeles Times is a regional American daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California in 1881.

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Louis R. Rowan

Louis R. Rowan (September 27, 1911 – September 28, 1988) was an American businessman and Thoroughbred racehorse owner and breeder.

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Martin A. Pedroza

Martin A. Pedroza (born July 20, 1965 in Panama City, Panama) is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.

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Melvin F. Stute

Melvin Frederick "Mel" Stute (August 8, 1927 – August 12, 2020) was an American trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses.

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National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame

The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame was founded in 1950 in Saratoga Springs, New York, to honor the achievements of American Thoroughbred race horses, jockeys, and trainers.

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Neil D. Drysdale

Neil D. Drysdale (born 11 December 1947, Haslemere, Surrey, England) is an American-based thoroughbred race horse trainer.

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New Zealand

New Zealand (Aotearoa) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.

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Pat Day

Patrick Alan "Pat" Day (born October 13, 1953, in Brush, Colorado) is a retired American jockey.

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Pat Valenzuela

Patrick Angel Valenzuela (born October 17, 1962, in Montrose, Colorado) is an American thoroughbred horse racing jockey.

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Pound (mass)

The pound or pound-mass is a unit of mass used in both the British imperial and United States customary systems of measurement.

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Press-Telegram

The Press-Telegram is a paid daily newspaper published in Long Beach, California.

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Quicken Tree (horse)

Quicken Tree (April 18, 1963 – October 22, 1970) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse known for his come-from-behind style of running and his ability to win at classic and marathon distances. His California breeder, Louis Rowan, a co-founder of the Oak Tree Racing Association, named the horse after one of the folk names given to the Rowan plant.

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Rafael Bejarano

Rafael Bejarano (born June 23, 1982, in Arequipa, Peru) is a champion jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.

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Ralph Neves

Ralph P. Neves (August 26, 1916 – July 7, 1995) was an American Hall of Fame jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing.

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Ray Sibille

Raymond Frederick Sibille (born September 13, 1952, in Sunset, Louisiana) is a retired American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey.

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Rex Ellsworth

Rex Cooper Ellsworth (November 15, 1907 – August 24, 1997) was a major owner in Thoroughbred racing and twice the leading breeder in the United States whose story was featured with a cover of the February 25, 1963 edition of Sports Illustrated magazine.

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Richard E. Mandella

Richard Eugene Mandella (born November 5, 1950, in Altadena, California), is a Thoroughbred horse trainer and a member of the U.S. Racing Hall of Fame.

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Robert J. Frankel

Robert Julian Frankel (July 9, 1941 – November 16, 2009) was an American thoroughbred race horse trainer whom ESPN called "one of the most successful and respected trainers in the history of thoroughbred racing."Privman, Jay.

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San Francisco Examiner

The San Francisco Examiner is a newspaper distributed in and around San Francisco, California, and has been published since 1863.

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Sandy Hawley

Desmond Sandford "Sandy" Hawley, (born April 16, 1949) is a Canadian Hall of Fame jockey.

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Spendthrift Farm

Spendthrift Farm is a thoroughbred race horse breeding farm and burial site in Lexington, Kentucky, currently owned by Eric & Tammy Gustavson.

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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC) is an American daily newspaper based in metropolitan area of Atlanta, Georgia.

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The Desert Sun

The Desert Sun is a local daily newspaper serving Palm Springs and the surrounding Coachella Valley in Southern California.

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The Sacramento Bee

The Sacramento Bee is a daily newspaper published in Sacramento, California, in the United States.

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The San Bernardino Sun

The San Bernardino Sun is a paid daily newspaper in San Bernardino County, California, headquartered in the city of San Bernardino.

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Thomas F. Proctor

Thomas F. Proctor (born April 21, 1956, in Gilmer, Texas) is an American trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses who won the 1994 edition of the Breeders' Cup Distaff with One Dreamer.

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Thoroughbred

The Thoroughbred is a horse breed developed for horse racing.

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Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance Stakes

The Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance Stakes is a Grade II American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds and up, and contested on dirt usually at a distance of miles. Cougar II Stakes and Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance Stakes are graded stakes races in the United States.

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Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association

The American Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association (TOBA) based in Lexington, Kentucky is a trade organization for Thoroughbred racehorse owners and breeders. Cougar II Stakes and Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association are graded stakes races in the United States.

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Thoroughbred racing

Thoroughbred racing is a sport and industry involving the racing of Thoroughbred horses.

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United Press International

United Press International (UPI) is an American international news agency whose newswires, photo, news film, and audio services provided news material to thousands of newspapers, magazines, radio and television stations for most of the 20th century until its eventual decline beginning in the early 1980s.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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United States dollar

The United States dollar (symbol: $; currency code: USD; also abbreviated US$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies; referred to as the dollar, U.S. dollar, American dollar, or colloquially buck) is the official currency of the United States and several other countries.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cougar_II_Stakes

Also known as Cougar Handicap, Cougar II Handicap, Escondido Handicap.

, Howard W. Koch, Ireland, Jack Van Berg, Jockey, John Gosden, John H. Adams (jockey), John W. Sadler, Johnny Longden, Johnny Sellers, Jorge Tejeira, Joseph Talamo, Juddmonte, Julio Canani, Kent Desormeaux, Laffit Pincay Jr., Laz Barrera, Leonard H. Lavin, List of American and Canadian Graded races, Los Angeles Times, Louis R. Rowan, Martin A. Pedroza, Melvin F. Stute, National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame, Neil D. Drysdale, New Zealand, Pat Day, Pat Valenzuela, Pound (mass), Press-Telegram, Quicken Tree (horse), Rafael Bejarano, Ralph Neves, Ray Sibille, Rex Ellsworth, Richard E. Mandella, Robert J. Frankel, San Francisco Examiner, Sandy Hawley, Spendthrift Farm, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Desert Sun, The Sacramento Bee, The San Bernardino Sun, Thomas F. Proctor, Thoroughbred, Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance Stakes, Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association, Thoroughbred racing, United Press International, United States, United States dollar, Warren Stute, Willard L. Proctor, William Finnegan, William Goetz, William I. Mott, William Molter.

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Del Mar Racetrack

Recurring sporting events established in 1937

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