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Flash of Steel, the Glossary

Flash of Steel (10 March 1983 – 14 January 2013) was an Irish Thoroughbred racehorse and sire.^[1]

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Bakharoff

Bakharoff (foaled 12 February 1983) was an American-bred British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. Flash of Steel and Bakharoff are 1983 racehorse births.

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Balisada

Balisada (10 February 1996 – 20 July 2017) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare.

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Bay (horse)

Bay is a hair coat color of horses, characterized by a reddish-brown or brown body color with a black point coloration on the mane, tail, ear edges, and lower legs.

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Beresford Stakes

| The Beresford Stakes is a Group 2 flat horse race in Ireland open to two-year-old thoroughbreds.

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Bertram Robert Firestone (August 18, 1931 – July 12, 2021) and Diana Melville Johnson Firestone (January 26, 1932 – February 12, 2023) of Newstead Farm in Upperville, Virginia were major owner/breeders of Thoroughbred equestrian and flat racing horses.

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Bold Ruler

Bold Ruler (April 6, 1954 – July 12, 1971) was an American Thoroughbred Hall of Fame racehorse who was the 1957 Horse of the Year.

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Crepello

Crepello (1954–1974) was a British-bred Thoroughbred racehorse.

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Curragh Racecourse

The Curragh Racecourse is a flat racecourse in County Kildare, Ireland.

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Dancing Brave

Dancing Brave (11 May 1983 – 2 August 1999) was an American-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. Flash of Steel and Dancing Brave are 1983 racehorse births.

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Dermot Weld

Dermot K. Weld (born 29 July 1948), a former jockey is one of Ireland's most successful racehorse trainers.

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Dick Hern

William Richard Hern (20 January 1921 – 22 May 2002) was an English Thoroughbred racehorse trainer and winner of sixteen British Classic Races between 1962 and 1995, and was Champion Trainer on four occasions.

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Down Royal Racecourse

Down Royal Racecourse is a horse racing venue near Lisburn in Northern Ireland.

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Epsom Derby

The Derby Stakes, also known as the Derby or the Epsom Derby, is a Group 1 flat horse race in England open to three-year-old colts and fillies.

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First Landing (horse)

First Landing (March 7, 1956 – 1987) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse.

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Furlong

A furlong is a measure of distance in imperial units and United States customary units equal to one-eighth of a mile, equivalent to any of 660 feet, 220 yards, 40 rods, 10 chains or approximately 201 metres.

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Futurity Stakes (Ireland)

| The Futurity Stakes is a Group 2 flat horse race in Ireland open to two-year-old thoroughbreds.

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Gallant Man

Gallant Man (March 20, 1954 – September 7, 1988) was a thoroughbred racehorse, named for a horse in a Don Ameche movie.

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Going (horse racing)

Going (UK), track condition (US) or track rating (AUS) are the track surface of a horse racing track prior to a horse race or race meet.

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Green Desert (horse)

Green Desert (16 April 1983 – 9 September 2015) was an American-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. Flash of Steel and Green Desert (horse) are 1983 racehorse births.

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Group races

Group races, also known as Pattern races, or '''Graded races''' in some jurisdictions, are the highest level of races in Thoroughbred horse racing.

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Horse length

A horse length, or simply length, is a unit of measurement for the length of a horse from nose to tail, approximately.

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Horse markings

Markings on horses are usually distinctive white areas on an otherwise dark base coat color.

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Huntingdale (horse)

Huntingdale (foaled 26 February 1983) was an Irish-bred British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. Flash of Steel and Huntingdale (horse) are 1983 racehorse births and racehorses bred in Ireland.

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Irish 2,000 Guineas

| The Irish 2,000 Guineas is a Group 1 flat horse race in Ireland open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies.

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Irish Derby

| The Irish Derby (Irish: Dearbaí na hÉireann) is a Group 1 flat horse race in Ireland open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies.

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Irish National Stud

The Irish National Stud (official name: Comhlacht Graí Náisiúnta na hÉireann Teo.) is a Thoroughbred horse breeding facility in Tully, Kildare, County Kildare, Ireland.

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Irish pound

The pound (Irish: punt) was the currency of Ireland until 2002.

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Kris (horse)

Kris (1976–2004) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse.

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Ladies Stakes

The Ladies Stakes is a historic American Thoroughbred horse race for Fillies and Mares four years of age and older held annually at Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens, New York.

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Maiden race

In horse racing a maiden race is an event for horses that have not won a race.

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Matron Stakes (NYRA)

The Matron Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually during the fall season at Belmont Park, the New York Racing Association (NYRA) track in Elmont, Long Island, New York.

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Michael Kinane

Michael J. Kinane (born 22 June 1959) is an Irish former flat racing jockey.

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Michael Stoute

Sir Michael Ronald Stoute (born 22 October 1945) is a Barbadian British Thoroughbred horse trainer in flat racing.

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Naas Racecourse

Naas Racecourse is a horse racing venue in Naas, County Kildare, Ireland, approximately 18 miles from Dublin.

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Native Dancer

Native Dancer (March 27, 1950 – November 16, 1967), nicknamed the Gray Ghost, was one of the most celebrated and accomplished Thoroughbred racehorses in American history and was the first horse made famous through the medium of television.

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Oh So Sharp

Oh So Sharp (1982–2001) was an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the English Fillies' Triple Crown in 1985. Flash of Steel and Oh So Sharp are racehorses bred in Ireland.

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Prix de la Grotte

| The Prix de la Grotte is a Group 3 flat horse race in France open to three-year-old thoroughbred fillies.

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Quill (horse)

Quill (foaled 1956 in Kentucky) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who was the 1958 Champion Two-Year-Old Filly in the United States.

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Reliance (horse)

Reliance (11 April 1962 – August 1979) was a French Thoroughbred racehorse and sire.

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Ribot (horse)

Ribot (27 February 1952 – 28 April 1972) was a British-bred, Italian-trained Thoroughbred racehorse who won all his 16 races, including the Arc de Triomphe twice.

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Rosdhu Queen

Rosdhu Queen (foaled 10 February 2010) is an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare. Flash of Steel and Rosdhu Queen are racehorses bred in Ireland and thoroughbred family 9-f.

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Run the Gantlet

Run the Gantlet (1968–1986) was an American Champion Thoroughbred racehorse and noted sire.

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Shahrastani (horse)

Shahrastani (1983–2011) was an American-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse. Flash of Steel and Shahrastani (horse) are 1983 racehorse births and Irish Classic Race winners.

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Shamshir (horse)

Shamshir (foaled 21 February 1988) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare.

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Sharpen Up

Sharpen Up (17 March 1969 – 2 March 1992) was British racehorse and sire.

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Stallion

A stallion is a male horse that has not been gelded (castrated).

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Tantieme

Tantième (1947–1966) was a French Thoroughbred horse racing champion and prominent sire who twice won the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, France's most prestigious horse race.

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Tetrarch Stakes

| The Tetrarch Stakes is a Listed flat horse race in Ireland open to three-year-old thoroughbreds.

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The Blood-Horse

The Blood-Horse (also referred to simply as Blood-Horse and displayed on its nameplate in upright all-capital letters without hyphenation as BLOODHORSE) is a news magazine that originated in 1916 as a monthly bulletin of the Thoroughbred Horse Association.

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References

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

, Timeform, Tom Rolfe, Unite (horse), Vincent O'Brien, Woodman (horse), 1986 Epsom Derby.

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