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W. L. McKnight Stakes, the Glossary

The W. L. McKnight Stakes is an American Grade 3 Thoroughbred horse race held annually at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Florida.^[1]

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Allen Paulson

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

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Arthur I. Appleton

Arthur Ivar Appleton (October 14, 1915 – January 15, 2008) was a businessman from the Northbrook area of Chicago.

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Balto Star

Balto Star (foaled March 7, 1998, in Kentucky) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse and the winner of the 2003 United Nations Stakes.

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Barclay Tagg

Barclay Tagg (born December 30, 1937, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania) is an American Thoroughbred horse trainer.

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Calder Casino

Calder Casino is a casino located in Miami Gardens, Florida. W. L. McKnight Stakes and Calder Casino are Calder Race Course.

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Charming Kitten, also called APT35 (by Mandiant), Phosphorus or Mint Sandstorm (by Microsoft), Ajax Security (by FireEye), and NewsBeef (by Kaspersky), is an Iranian government cyberwarfare group, described by several companies and government officials as an advanced persistent threat.

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Christophe Clement

Christophe Clement (born November 1, 1965, in Paris, France) is a Thoroughbred horse trainer in the United States who won the 2014 Belmont Stakes with Tonalist.

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Cigar (horse)

Cigar (April 18, 1990 – October 7, 2014), was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who was the 1995 and 1996 American Horse of the Year. He was the first American racehorse racing against top-class competition to win 16 consecutive races since Triple Crown winner Citation did so between 1948 and 1950.

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Cloudy's Knight

Cloudy's Knight (foaled May 2, 2000 in Kentucky) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse.

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Cornelio Velásquez

Cornelio H. Velásquez (born September 28, 1968, in Panama City, Panama) is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.

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Craig Perret

Craig Perret (born February 2, 1951, in New Orleans, Louisiana) is an American thoroughbred horse racing jockey.

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Creme Fraiche (horse)

Creme Fraiche (April 7, 1982 – October 9, 2003) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse.

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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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Dogwood Stable

Dogwood Stable was an American Thoroughbred racehorse partnership.

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Donald Brumfield

Donald Alan "Don" Brumfield (born May 24, 1938) is a retired American jockey from Kentucky.

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Drum Taps (horse)

Drum Taps was an American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse.

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Eddie Maple

Edward Retz "Eddie" Maple (born November 8, 1948, in Carrollton, Ohio) is a retired American thoroughbred horse racing jockey.

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Edward I. Kelly Sr.

Edward Ignatius Kelly Sr. (July 30, 1921 – September 2, 2004) was a Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.

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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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ESPN

ESPN (an abbreviation of its original name, the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American international basic cable sports channel owned by The Walt Disney Company (80% and operational control) and Hearst Communications (20%) through the joint venture ESPN Inc. The company was founded in 1979 by Bill Rasmussen, Scott Rasmussen and Ed Eagan.

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Fred W. Hooper

Fred William Hooper (October 6, 1897 – August 4, 2000) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse owner and breeder.

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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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Gelding

A gelding is a castrated male horse or other equine, such as a pony, donkey or a mule.

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Gene St. Leon

Gene St. Leon (born c. 1955 in Hutchinson, Kansas) is a retired Champion jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. In 1971 he was among the recipients of the newly created Eclipse Award program when he was voted that year's Outstanding Apprentice Jockey. He was inducted in Calder Race Course Hall of Fame in 1995.

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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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Greentree Stable

Greentree Stable, in Red Bank, New Jersey, was a major American thoroughbred horse racing stable and breeding farm established in 1914 by Payne Whitney of the Whitney family of New York City.

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Gulfstream Park

Gulfstream Park is a Thoroughbred horse race track, casino and outdoor entertainment and shopping destination in Hallandale Beach, Florida, United States.

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Hallandale Beach, Florida

Hallandale Beach (formerly known simply as Hallandale) is a city in southern Broward County, Florida, United States.

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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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Irad Ortiz Jr.

Irad Ortiz Jr. (born August 11, 1992) is a Puerto Rican jockey who has been a leading rider in the New York Thoroughbred horse racing circuit since 2012.

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J. Bert Sonnier

James Bert Sonnier (born October 1, 1938 in Church Point, Louisiana) is a retired trainer of thoroughbred racehorses.

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Jacinto Vásquez

Jacinto Vásquez (born January 4, 1944, in Panama) is a retired Hall of Fame thoroughbred jockey.

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Javier Castellano

Javier Castellano (born October 23, 1977) is a Venezuelan jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.

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Jean Cruguet

Jean Cruguet (born March 8, 1939, in Agen, Lot-et-Garonne, France) is a retired French-American thoroughbred horse racing jockey who won the United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing.

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Jean-Luc Samyn

Jean-Luc Samyn (born November 6, 1956, in Bailleul, Nord, France) is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.

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Jeffrey Fell

Jeffrey J. Fell (born June 20, 1956, in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada) is a retired jockey and a Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame inductee who was also a successful rider in the United States.

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Jerry Bailey

Jerry D. Bailey (born August 29, 1957 in Dallas, Texas) is an NBC Sports thoroughbred racing analyst and a retired American Hall of Fame jockey.

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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 A. McDougald

John Angus "Bud" McDougald (14 March 1908 – 15 March 1978) was a leading Canadian businessman and owner of Thoroughbred racehorses.

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John P. Campo

John P. Campo, Sr. (February 24, 1938 - November 14, 2005) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.

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John R. Velazquez

John R. Velazquez (born November 24, 1971) is a Puerto Rican jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing.

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Jonathan E. Sheppard

Jonathan E. Sheppard (December 2, 1940 – August 27, 2023) was an English Hall of Fame trainer in American Thoroughbred horse racing.

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Jorge F. Chavez

Jorge F. Chavez (born November 25, 1961, in Callao, Peru) is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.

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Jorge Velásquez

Jorge Velásquez (born December 28, 1946, in Chepo, Panama) is a thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey.

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José A. Santos

José Adeón Santos León (born April 26, 1961, in Concepción, Chile) is a retired Chilean thoroughbred jockey who has been honored by the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in the United States.

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José A. Vélez Jr.

José Antonio Vélez Jr. (born March 23, 1963, in Santurce, Puerto Rico) is a jockey who competes in American Thoroughbred horse races.

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José C. Ferrer

José C. Ferrer (born March 31, 1964, in San Juan, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing.

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José Ortiz (jockey)

José L. Ortiz (born October 2, 1993) is a Puerto Rican jockey who has been a rider on the New York Thoroughbred horse racing circuit since 2012.

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Jose Lezcano

Jose Lezcano (born April 20, 1985 in Panama) is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.

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Julien Leparoux

Julien R. Leparoux (born July 15, 1983 in Senlis, Oise, France) is a French Eclipse Award winning jockey currently racing in the United States.

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Kenneth and Sarah Ramsey

Kenneth L. "Ken" Ramsey (born 1935) and Sarah Kathern "Kitten" Ramsey (February 5, 1939 – May 29, 2022) are horse breeders and owners of Thoroughbred race horses.

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Lawrence W. Jennings

Lawrence W. Jennings (October 4, 1917 – July 6, 1992) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer whom the January 5, 1972 edition of The Miami News called "one of the most consistently successful horse trainers in the country." Before becoming a racehorse trainer, Jennings graduated from Mount Saint Joseph High School in Baltimore and then went on to earn degrees from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County and Frostburg State University.

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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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Luis Saez

Luis Saez (born May 19, 1992) in Panama City, Panama) is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. Saez rode Maximum Security to finish first in the 2019 Kentucky Derby but was subsequently disqualified due to interference. The two later won the world's richest race, the $20,000,000 Saudi Cup, in 2020.

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Manoel Cruz

Manoel "Manny" R. Cruz (born May 20, 1970, in Minas Gerais, Brazil) is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.

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Mark Guidry

Mark Guidry (born August 6, 1959, in Lafayette, Louisiana) is a former American jockey.

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Michael J. Maker

Michael J. Maker (born February 7, 1969) is an American trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses.

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Miguel Rivera (jockey)

Miguel Angel Rivera Vargas (born July 8, 1943) is a former Puerto Rican jockey who competed between the 1960s and 1990s.

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Mike E. Smith

Michael Earl Smith (born August 10, 1965) is an American jockey who has been one of the leading riders in U.S. Thoroughbred racing since the early 1990s, was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 2003 and has won the most Breeders' Cup races of any jockey with 27 victories.

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Mile

The mile, sometimes the international mile or statute mile to distinguish it from other miles, is a British imperial unit and United States customary unit of distance; both are based on the older English unit of length equal to 5,280 English feet, or 1,760 yards.

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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 J. Howard

Neil J. Howard (born February 23, 1949, in Riverdale, Bronx, New York) is an American Thoroughbred horse racing trainer.

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Nijinsky's Secret

Nijinsky's Secret (foaled 1978 in Kentucky) is a Thoroughbred racehorse who competed in France, Canada, and the United States.

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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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Patrick B. Byrne

Patrick B. Byrne (born March 8, 1956, in London, England) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer who has won three Breeders' Cup races and who in 1997 conditioned Favorite Trick to American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt and American Horse of the Year honors and Countess Diana to American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly honors.

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Presious Passion

Presious Passion (foaled March 5, 2003) is a multiple Grade I winning Thoroughbred racehorse.

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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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René R. Douglas

René R. Douglas (born March 3, 1967, in Panama City, Panama) is a former jockey in American Thoroughbred racing.

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Robert E. Brennan

Robert Emmet Brennan (born 1944) is an American businessman and former accountant who built the infamous penny stock brokerage firm, First Jersey Securities.

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Robert Sangster

Robert Edmund Sangster (23 May 1936 – 7 April 2004), The Daily Telegraph, 9 April 2004.

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Roger Attfield

Roger L. Attfield (born 28 November 1939 in Newbury, Berkshire, England) is a Canadian thoroughbred horse trainer and owner and an inductee of both the Canadian and United States horseracing Halls of Fame. In his native England, Attfield had become an accomplished international-level equestrian competitor when he emigrated to Canada in 1970.

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Rosemary Homeister Jr.

Rosemary Homeister Jr. (born July 5, 1972) is a retired American jockey in Thoroughbred racing.

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Shane Sellers

Shane Jude Sellers (born September 24, 1966 in Erath, Louisiana) is an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey.

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Smiley Adams

William Ernest "Smiley" Adams (October 4, 1935 – June 19, 2003) was an American trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses who trained Master Derby to win the 1975 Preakness Stakes, the second leg of the U.S. Triple Crown series. In what was the 100th running of the Preakness, Darrel McHargue aboard Master Derby defeated Kentucky Derby winner Foolish Pleasure by a full-length.

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Stuart Subotnick

Stuart Subotnick (born February 10, 1942) is an American businessman and media magnate.

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Thomas Albertrani

Thomas "Tom" Albertrani (born March 21, 1958, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.

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Thomas Mellon Evans

Thomas Mellon Evans (September 8, 1910 – July 17, 1997) was an American financier who was one of the country's early corporate raiders, as well as a philanthropist and Thoroughbred racehorse owner and breeder who with Pleasant Colony won the 1981 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes.

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Thoroughbred

The Thoroughbred is a horse breed developed for horse racing.

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Thoroughbred racing

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

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Todd Pletcher

Todd Pletcher (born June 26, 1967 in Dallas, Texas) is an American thoroughbred horse trainer.

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Tyler Gaffalione

Tyler Gaffalione (born September 12, 1994, in Davie, Florida) is an American jockey who, since being voted the Eclipse Award for the 2015 U.S. Champion Apprentice Jockey, has become one of racing's rising stars having won more than 200 races every year in his first three full seasons. He won the 2019 Preakness Stakes aboard War of Will.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._L._McKnight_Stakes

Also known as W L McKnight Handicap, W. L. McKnight Handicap, W.L. McKnight Handicap, WL McKnight Handicap.

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