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Rafalca, the Glossary

Rafalca (born 1997) is a former dressage horse, co-owned by Ann Romney, that performed in the equestrian competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics, with rider (and co-owner/trainer) Jan Ebeling.^[1]

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1997 animal births
Dressage horses
Janów Podlaski Stud
Mitt Romney

Anglo-Arabian

The Anglo-Arabian, also known as the Anglo-Arab, is a horse breed that originated in France by cross-breeding a Thoroughbred with an Arabian.

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Ann Romney

Ann Lois Romney (Davies; born April 16, 1949) is an American author and philanthropist. Rafalca and ann Romney are Mitt Romney.

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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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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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Bend Or

Bend Or (1877–1903) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 1880 Epsom Derby.

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Black horse

Black is a hair coat color of horses in which the entire hair coat is black.

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The Byerley Turk, also spelled Byerly Turk, was the earliest of three stallions that were the founders of the modern Thoroughbred horse racing bloodstock (the other two are the Godolphin Arabian and the Darley Arabian). Rafalca and Byerley Turk are Janów Podlaski Stud.

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Cade (horse)

Cade (1734–1756) was an important foundation sire of Thoroughbred racehorses.

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Cavalry

Historically, cavalry (from the French word cavalerie, itself derived from cheval meaning "horse") are soldiers or warriors who fight mounted on horseback.

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Celle State Stud

Celle State Stud is a state-owned facility for horse breeding in Celle, Germany.

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Darley Arabian

The Darley Arabian (–1730) was one of three dominant foundation sires of modern Thoroughbred horse racing bloodstock.

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Diomed

Diomed (1777–1808) was an English Thoroughbred race horse who won the inaugural running of the Epsom Derby in 1780.

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Donnerhall

Donnerhall (May 31, 1981 – January 14, 2002) was a dressage stallion who was known not only for having a successful career as a sport horse, but also passing on his abilities to his offspring to become an influential sire. Rafalca and Donnerhall are dressage horses.

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Dressage

Dressage (or;, most commonly translated as "training") is a form of horse riding performed in exhibition and competition, as well as an art sometimes pursued solely for the sake of mastery.

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Dressage World Cup

The FEI World Cup Dressage Final is an annual international dressage series involving the world's best dressage horses and riders.

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Dutch Warmblood

A Dutch Warmblood is a warmblood type of horse registered with the Koninklijk Warmbloed Paardenstamboek Nederland (Royal Warmblood Studbook of the Netherlands (KWPN), which governs the breeding of competitive dressage and show jumping horses, as well as the show harness horse and Gelderlander, and a hunter studbook in North America.

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Eclipse (horse)

Eclipse (1 April 1764 – 26 February 1789) was an undefeated 18th-century British Thoroughbred racehorse who won 18 races, including 11 King's Plates.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Equestrian events at the 2012 Summer Olympics

The equestrian events at the 2012 Olympic Games in London were held between 28 July and 9 August at Greenwich Park.

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Foal

A foal is an equine up to one year old; this term is used mainly for horses, but can be used for donkeys.

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Furioso (horse)

Furioso (1939–1968) was an influential sire of sport horses, and is found in the pedigrees of many top show jumpers today.

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German warmblood

German warmblood may refer generally to any of the various warmblood horses of Germany, or more specifically to a warmblood registered with the nationwide German Horse Breeding Society.

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Germans

Germans are the natives or inhabitants of Germany, or sometimes more broadly any people who are of German descent or native speakers of the German language.

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Germany

Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe.

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Godolphin Arabian

The Godolphin Arabian (–1753), also known as the Godolphin Barb, was an Arabian horse who was one of three stallions that founded the modern Thoroughbred (the others were the Darley Arabian and the Byerley Turk).

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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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Hanoverian horse

The Hanoverian or italic is a German breed or stud-book of warmblood sport horse.

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Herod (horse)

Herod (originally King Herod; April 1758 – 12 May 1780) was a Thoroughbred racehorse.

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Highflyer (horse)

Highflyer (1774 – 18 October 1793) was an undefeated Thoroughbred racehorse and a very successful sire of the 18th century.

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Holsteiner

The Holsteiner is a breed of horse originating in the Schleswig-Holstein region of northern Germany.

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Horse breed

A horse breed is a selectively bred population of domesticated horses, often with pedigrees recorded in a breed registry.

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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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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 show

A horse show is a judged exhibition of horses and ponies.

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Jan Ebeling

Jan Ebeling (born September 9, 1958) is a German-American equestrian.

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Janów Podlaski Stud Farm

The Janów Podlaski Stud Farm (Stadnina Koni Janów Podlaski) is the oldest state stud farm in Poland, established in 1817 in Wygoda. Rafalca and Janów Podlaski Stud Farm are Janów Podlaski Stud.

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Japanese people

are an East Asian ethnic group native to the Japanese archipelago.

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King Fergus

King Fergus (1775–1801) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse.

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List of historical horses

This list includes actual horses that exist in the historical record.

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London

London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.

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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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Mare

A mare is an adult female horse or other equine.

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Marske (horse)

Marske (1750 – July 1779) was a Thoroughbred racehorse, best known as siring the great Eclipse.

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Matchem

Matchem (1748 – 21 February 1781), sometimes styled as Match 'em, was a Thoroughbred racehorse who had a great influence on the breed, and was the earliest of three 18th century stallions that produced the Thoroughbred sire-lines of today, in addition to Eclipse and Herod.

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Mecklenburger

The Mecklenburger is a warmblood horse bred in the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern region of north-eastern Germany.

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Menslage

Menslage is a municipality in the district of Osnabrück, in Lower Saxony, Germany.

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New York (state)

New York, also called New York State, is a state in the Northeastern United States.

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New York City

New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Oldenburger

The Oldenburg or Oldenburger is a warmblood horse from the north-western corner of Lower Saxony, what was formerly the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg.

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Poland

Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe.

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Potoooooooo

Potoooooooo or variations of Pot-8-Os (1773 – November 1800) was an 18th-century thoroughbred racehorse who won over 25 races and placed higher than some of the most prominent racehorses of his time.

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Regulus (horse)

Regulus (1739) was an undefeated British Thoroughbred racehorse who won eight Royal Plates in 1745.

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Reiner Klimke

Reiner Klimke (14 January 1936 – 17 August 1999) was a German equestrian, who won six gold and two bronze medals in dressage at the Summer Olympics — a record for equestrian events that has since been surpassed.

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Robert the Devil (horse)

Robert the Devil (1877–1889) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire.

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San Francisco Chronicle

The San Francisco Chronicle is a newspaper serving primarily the San Francisco Bay Area of Northern California.

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Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live (SNL) is an American late-night live sketch comedy variety show created by Lorne Michaels and developed by Michaels and Dick Ebersol that airs on NBC and streams on Peacock.

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Selle Français

The Selle Français (SF) is a breed of sport horse from France.

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Shagya Arabian

The Shagya Arabian is a horse breed which was developed in the Austro-Hungarian Empire during the 19th century at the Bábolna, Mezőhegyes, Radautz, Piber, and Topolcianky studs.

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Show jumping

Show jumping is a part of a group of English riding equestrian events that also includes eventing, hunters, and equitation.

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Spilletta

Spilletta (1749 – 1776) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse.

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Stallion

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

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Steffen Peters

Steffen Peters (born September 18, 1964) is a German-born equestrian who competes for the United States in dressage.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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The Newsroom (American TV series)

The Newsroom is an American political drama television series created and principally written by Aaron Sorkin that premiered on HBO on June 24, 2012, and concluded on December 14, 2014, consisting of 25 episodes over three seasons.

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The Wall Street Journal

The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), also referred to simply as the Journal, is an American newspaper based in New York City, with a focus on business and finance.

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Thoroughbred

The Thoroughbred is a horse breed developed for horse racing.

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Tooning Out the News

Stephen Colbert Presents Tooning Out the News (TOTN) is an American live-action/animated satirical news television show created and executive produced by comedian and The Late Show host Stephen Colbert, R. J. Fried, Chris Licht and Tim Luecke.

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Trakehner

Trakehner is a light warmblood breed of horse, originally developed at the East Prussian state stud farm in the town of Trakehnen from which the breed takes its name.

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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 Dressage Federation

The United States Dressage Federation, or the USDF, is the national membership federation for the equestrian sport of dressage.

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Warmblood

Warmbloods are a group of middle-weight horse types and breeds primarily originating in Europe and registered with organizations that are characterized by open studbook policy, studbook selection, and the aim of breeding for equestrian sport.

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Westphalian horse

The Westphalian or Westfalen is a warmblood horse bred in the Westphalia region of western Germany.

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Whalebone (horse)

Whalebone (1807 – 6 February 1831) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse that won the 1810 Epsom Derby and was a successful sire of racehorses and broodmares in the 1820s. Whalebone and his full-brother Whisker were produced by the prolific and important broodmare Penelope, and they contributed to the perpetuation of the genetic line (tail-male) of their sire Waxy and grandsire Eclipse into the 20th century.

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1996 Summer Olympics

The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.

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References

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

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Rafalca, the Glossary

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See also

1997 animal births

Dressage horses

Janów Podlaski Stud

Mitt Romney

References