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The Whitney Stakes (run as the Whitney Handicap through 2013 and still sometimes referred to as such) is an American Grade 1 stakes race for Thoroughbred racehorses four years of age and older run at a distance of miles.[1]

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  1. 225 relations: Albert Stall Jr., Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt Jr., Allaire du Pont, Alydar, American Champion Older Dirt Female Horse, Ancient Title, Arnold Kirkland, Awesome Again, Ángel Cordero Jr., Basil James, Bateau (horse), Belair Stud, Belmont Park, Belmont Stakes, Bill Winfrey, Black Maria (horse), Blame (horse), Bob Baffert, Bobby Ussery, Brad H. Cox, Braulio Baeza, Breeders' Cup, Breeders' Cup Challenge, Breeders' Cup Classic, Brian Hernandez Jr., Brookmeade Stable, Calumet Farm, Carl Hanford, Carry Back, Challedon, Charles W. Engelhard Jr., China Horse Club, Colonial Affair, Commentator (horse), Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, Counterpoint (horse), COVID-19 pandemic, Criminal Type, Cross Traffic (horse), D. Wayne Lukas, Dale Romans, Dave Gorman (jockey), Dedicate (horse), Devil Diver, Discovery (horse), Dominick Bellizzi, Don MacBeth, Don Meade, Dr. Fager, Easy Goer, ... Expand index (175 more) »

Albert Stall Jr.

Albert M. Stall, Jr. (born October 10, 1961 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is an American Thoroughbred horse racing trainer best known for winning the 2010 Breeders' Cup Classic in which his horse Blame defeated the great filly, Zenyatta.

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Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt Jr.

Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt Jr. (September 22, 1912 – November 12, 1999) was a British-born member of the prominent Vanderbilt railroad family, and a noted figure of American thoroughbred horse racing.

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Allaire du Pont

Allaire du Pont (May 4, 1913 – January 6, 2006) was an American sportswoman and a member of the prominent French-American Du Pont family of chemical manufacturers who is most remembered as the owner of the Thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame champion, Kelso.

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Alydar

Alydar (March 23, 1975 – November 15, 1990) was an American Thoroughbred race horse and sire.

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American Champion Older Dirt Female Horse

The Eclipse Award for Champion Older Dirt Female Horse is an American Thoroughbred horse racing honor awarded annually to a filly or mare, four years old and up, for performances on dirt and main track racing surfaces.

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Ancient Title

Ancient Title (April 19, 1970 – September 1, 1981) was an American Thoroughbred Hall of Fame racehorse.

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Arnold Kirkland

Arnold Kirkland (November 11, 1921 – March 15, 1969) was an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey.

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Awesome Again

Awesome Again (March 29, 1994December 15, 2020) was a Canadian Thoroughbred racehorse and stallion.

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Ángel Cordero Jr.

Ángel Tomás Cordero Jr. (born: November 8, 1942) is one of the leading Thoroughbred horse racing jockeys of the late 20th-century and the first Puerto Rican to be inducted into the United States' Racing Hall of Fame.

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Basil James

Basil B. James (May 18, 1920 – April 10, 1998) was a two-time American National Champion jockey.

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Bateau (horse)

Bateau (born 1925) was an American Thoroughbred Champion racehorse and a daughter of Man o' War and out of the French mare Escuina.

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Belair Stud

Belair Stud was an American thoroughbred horse racing stable and breeding farm founded by Provincial Governor of Maryland Samuel Ogle in 1747 in Collington, Prince George's County, Maryland, in Colonial America.

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Belmont Park

Belmont Park is a thoroughbred horse racetrack in Elmont, New York, just east of New York City limits best known for hosting the Belmont Stakes, the final leg of the American Triple Crown. It was opened on May 4, 1905, and is one of the best well known racetracks in the United States. The original structure was demolished in 1963, and a second facility opened in 1968.

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Belmont Stakes

The Belmont Stakes is an American Grade I stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbreds run at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. Whitney Stakes and Belmont Stakes are grade 1 stakes races in the United States and horse races in New York (state).

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Bill Winfrey

William Colin Winfrey (May 9, 1916 – April 14, 1994) was an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.

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Black Maria (horse)

Black Maria (1923–1932) was an American Thoroughbred racing filly who earned national Champion honors three times.

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Blame (horse)

Blame (foaled May 2, 2006) is a retired American champion Thoroughbred racehorse, a winner of nine races in 13 starts including the prestigious Breeders' Cup Classic.

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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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Bobby Ussery

Robert Nelson Ussery (September 3, 1935 – November 16, 2023) was an American Thoroughbred horse racing hall of fame jockey.

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Brad H. Cox

Brad H. Cox (born March 3, 1980) is a Thoroughbred racehorse trainer whose most notable horses include multiple Eclipse Award winner Monomoy Girl, Knicks Go, Covfefe, Mandaloun, and Essential Quality.

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Braulio Baeza

Braulio Baeza (born March 26, 1940) is an American Thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey and one of the master Thoroughbred jockeys of our time.

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Breeders' Cup

The Breeders' Cup World Championships is an annual series of Grade I Thoroughbred horse races, operated by Breeders' Cup Limited, a company formed in 1982. Whitney Stakes and Breeders' Cup are horse races in New York (state).

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Breeders' Cup Challenge

The Breeders' Cup Challenge is a series of Thoroughbred horse races in which the winner earns an automatic spot in a specified Breeders' Cup race. Whitney Stakes and Breeders' Cup Challenge are Breeders' Cup Challenge series.

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Breeders' Cup Classic

The Breeders' Cup Classic is a Grade I Weight for Age thoroughbred horse race for 3-year-olds and older run at a distance of on dirt. Whitney Stakes and Breeders' Cup Classic are grade 1 stakes races in the United States.

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Brian Hernandez Jr.

Brian Joseph Hernandez Jr. (born November 3, 1985, in Lafayette, Louisiana) is an American Eclipse Award-winning jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing.

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Brookmeade Stable

Brookmeade Stable was a thoroughbred horse racing stable owned by Dodge automobile heiress and socialite Isabel Dodge Sloane.

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Calumet Farm

Calumet Farm is a Thoroughbred breeding and training farm established in 1924 in Lexington, Kentucky, United States by William Monroe Wright, founding owner of the Calumet Baking Powder Company.

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Carl Hanford

Carl Henry Hanford (March 12, 1916 - August 14, 2011) was a United States Hall of Fame trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses best known for guiding Kelso to five straight American Horse of the Year titles; no other horse has won more than three times.

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Carry Back

Carry Back (April 16, 1958 – March 24, 1983) was a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 1961 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes and was named the 1961 Champion Three-Year-Old.

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Challedon

Challedon (1936–1958) was an American Hall of Fame Champion Thoroughbred racehorse. Bred in Maryland by William L. Brann and Robert S. Castle, he raced under the colors of their Branncastle Farm.

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Charles W. Engelhard Jr.

Charles W. Engelhard Jr. (February 15, 1917 – March 2, 1971) was an American businessman, a major owner in Thoroughbred horse racing, and a candidate in the 1955 New Jersey State Senate elections.

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China Horse Club

China Horse Club is a Chinese partnership group which collectively owns racehorses.

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Colonial Affair

Colonial Affair (April 19, 1990 – April 23, 2013) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse.

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Commentator (foaled March 27, 2001), is an American Thoroughbred race horse by the stallion Distorted Humor, sire of 2003 Kentucky Derby winner Funny Cide.

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Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney

Cornelius "Sonny" Vanderbilt Whitney (February 20, 1899 – December 13, 1992) was an American businessman, film producer, government official, writer and philanthropist. Whitney Stakes and Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney are Whitney family.

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Counterpoint (horse)

Counterpoint (1948–1969) was an American ChampionThoroughbred racehorse.

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COVID-19 pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December 2019.

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Criminal Type

Criminal Type (1985–2005) was an American Champion Thoroughbred racehorse.

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Cross Traffic (horse)

Cross Traffic (foaled February 15, 2009) is a retired American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the Grade I Whitney Invitational Handicap at Belmont Park in 2013 as a four-year-old.

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D. Wayne Lukas

Darrell Wayne Lukas (born September 2, 1935, in Antigo, Wisconsin) is an American horse trainer and a U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee.

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Dale Romans

Dale L. Romans (born August 14, 1966, in Louisville, Kentucky) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer, best known for winning the 2011 Preakness Stakes with Shackleford and the Breeders' Cup Turf with Little Mike.

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Dave Gorman (jockey)

David Gorman (1926–1987) was an American jockey in Thoroughbred racing born in Elmont, New York, home to Belmont Park racetrack where in 1951 he would win the most important race of his career.

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Dedicate (horse)

Dedicate (1952–1973) was an American Champion Thoroughbred racehorse.

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Devil Diver

Devil Diver (1939–1961) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse.

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Discovery (horse)

Discovery (1931–1958) was a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse.

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Dominick Bellizzi

Dominick Bellizzi (– 17 May 1934) was an American jockey who died at age 21 as a result of a horse racing accident.

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Don MacBeth

Donald MacBeth (August 29, 1949 – March 1, 1987) was a Canadian Hall of Fame jockey in North American Thoroughbred racing.

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Don Meade

Donald Lawrence Meade (December 12, 1913 – December 22, 1996) was an American National Champion jockey.

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Dr. Fager

Dr.

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Easy Goer

Easy Goer (March 21, 1986 – May 12, 1994) was an American Champion Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse known for earning American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt honors in 1988, and defeating 1989 American Horse of the Year Sunday Silence in the Belmont Stakes by eight lengths.

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Eddie Ambrose

Edward Elbert Ambrose (April 13, 1894 – June 8, 1994) was an American jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing.

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Eddie Arcaro

George Edward Arcaro (February 19, 1916 – November 14, 1997) was an American Thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey who won more American classic races than any other jockey in history and is the only rider to have won the U.S. Triple Crown twice.

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Eddie Belmonte

Eddie Belmonte (born February 5, 1943, in Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico) is a retired jockey who competed at the highest levels in Thoroughbred horse racing in his native Puerto Rico and in the United States.

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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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Edgar Prado

Edgar S. Prado (born June 12, 1967 in Lima, Peru) is a retired Hall of Fame jockey in thoroughbred horse racing.

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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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Edward A. Christmas

Edward Addicks Christmas (October 10, 1903 - October 17, 1969) was an American Thoroughbred horse racing trainer.

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Edward A. Neloy

Edward Albert "Eddie" Neloy (May 15, 1924 – May 26, 1971) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.

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Eight Thirty

Eight Thirty (March 27, 1936 – April 7, 1965) was an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse.

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Elmendorf Farm

Elmendorf Farm is a Kentucky Thoroughbred horse farm in Fayette County, Kentucky, involved with horse racing since the 19th century.

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Equipoise (horse)

Equipoise (1928–1938) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse and sire.

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Eric Guerin

Oliver Eric Guerin (October 23, 1924 – March 21, 1993) was an American Hall of Fame jockey.

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Fernando Jara

Fernando Jara (born December 18, 1987, in Panama) is a thoroughbred horse racing jockey in the United States.

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Filly

A filly is a female horse that is too young to be called a mare.

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Flint S. Schulhofer

Flint S. "Scotty" Schulhofer (May 30, 1926 – December 14, 2006) was an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.

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Florent Geroux

Florent Geroux (born July 16, 1986) is a jockey who has earned over 1,700 wins in American thoroughbred horse racing, including the 2017 Breeders' Cup Classic on Gun Runner, two Breeders' Cup Distaff wins with Monomoy Girl, and the 2021 Kentucky Derby on Mandaloun.

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Fort Larned (horse)

Fort Larned (foaled April 14, 2008) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the 2012 Breeders' Cup Classic.

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Frank I. Wright

Frank I. Wright (1921–1992) was an American Thoroughbred horse racing trainer and television commentator.

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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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Frosted (horse)

Frosted (foaled April 18, 2012, in Kentucky) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse.

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G. Carey Winfrey

George Carey Winfrey (March 15, 1885 - November 13, 1962) was an American thoroughbred racehorse owner and trainer who was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.

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Gallorette

Gallorette (1942–1959) was a Maryland-bred chestnut thoroughbred filly who became a Hall of Fame race horse.

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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 Stevens (jockey)

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

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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 Klein

Eugene Victor Klein (January 29, 1921March 12, 1990) was an American businessman who was chairman of the board of directors and chief stockholder of National General Corporation, an insurance and entertainment company based in Los Angeles, California.

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George D. Widener Jr.

George Dunton Widener Jr. (March 11, 1889 – December 8, 1971) was an American businessman and thoroughbred racehorse owner; one of only five people ever designated "Exemplars of Racing" by the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.

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George H. Conway

George H. Conway (July 7, 1873 – June 20, 1939) was a Triple Crown-winning American horse trainer who worked at Glen Riddle Farm in Berlin, Maryland.

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George Woolf

George Monroe Woolf (May 31, 1910 – January 4, 1946), nicknamed "The Iceman", was a Canadian thoroughbred race horse jockey.

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Glen Riddle Farm

Glen Riddle Farm was a large horse farm in Berlin, Maryland in the United States.

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Godolphin (racing)

Godolphin (Arabic: جودولفين) is the Maktoum family's private Thoroughbred horseracing stable and was named in honour of the Godolphin Arabian, who came from the desert to become one of the three founding stallions of the modern Thoroughbred.

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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. Whitney Stakes and Greentree Stable are Whitney family.

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Gun Bow

Gun Bow (1960 – December 1979) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse.

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Gun Runner (horse)

Gun Runner (foaled March 8, 2013) is a US Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse who was the 2017 American Horse of the Year after winning four Grade I races at age four.

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H. Allen Jerkens

Harry Allen Jerkens (April 21, 1929 – March 18, 2015) was an American thoroughbred race horse Hall of Fame trainer.

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H. Graham Motion

H.

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Happy Hill Farm

Happy Hill Farm is a Thoroughbred horse racing operation in Newtown Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.

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Harry C. Richards

Harry Clayton Richards (March 24, 1908 - January 11, 1980) was an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey and the first president of the Jockeys' Guild.

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Harry Payne Whitney

Harry Payne Whitney (April 29, 1872 – October 26, 1930) was an American businessman, thoroughbred horse breeder, and member of the prominent Whitney family. Whitney Stakes and Harry Payne Whitney are Whitney family.

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Hedley Woodhouse

Hedley John Woodhouse (January 23, 1920 - December 29, 1984) was a Canadian jockey who won the New York state riding championship in 1953.

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Hirsch Jacobs

Hirsch Jacobs (April 8, 1904 – February 13, 1970) was an American thoroughbred horse trainer and owner.

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Hollie Hughes (horse trainer)

Hollie Hughes (October 16, 1888 - January, 1981) was a trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses who won the 1916 Kentucky Derby and was a six-time winner of the most prestigious steeplechase race in the United States, the American Grand National.

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Honor Code (horse)

Honor Code (foaled March 1, 2011) is a Thoroughbred racehorse bred in Kentucky, USA.

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Horatio Luro

Horatio A. Luro (February 27, 1901 - December 16, 1991) was a thoroughbred horse racing trainer in the 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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Hurricana Stock Farm

Hurricana Stock Farm, also known as Sanford Stud Farm, is a historic home and related farm outbuildings located at Amsterdam in Montgomery County, New York.

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Ian Wilkes

Ian R. Wilkes (born May 25, 1965, in Muswellbrook, New South Wales, Australia) is a trainer in American Thoroughbred horse racing.

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Improbable (horse)

Improbable (February 11, 2016 – March 16, 2024) was a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse who was the 2020 Champion Older Dirt Male after winning three Grade One races; the Hollywood Gold Cup, Whitney Stakes, and Awesome Again Stakes.

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In Excess (horse)

In Excess (April 8, 1987 – May 17, 2013) was a Thoroughbred racehorse who competed in England and in the United States.

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Invasor (horse)

Invasor (foaled August 3, 2002) is a Thoroughbred racehorse bred in Argentina by Haras Clausan (Haras Santa Ines).

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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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Island Whirl

Island Whirl (foaled March 17, 1978) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse and the winner of the 1983 Whitney Handicap.

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Ismael Valenzuela

Ismael "Milo" Valenzuela (December 25, 1934, in McNary, Texas – September 2, 2009, in Arcadia, California) was a Thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey.

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J. Elliott Burch

John Elliott Burch (March 3, 1924 – January 30, 2011) was an American Horse trainer who worked with Thoroughbred racehorses.

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J. Linus McAtee

John Linus McAtee (October 5, 1898 – November 15, 1963) was an American Hall of Fame jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing.

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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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Jack Dreyfus

John J. Dreyfus Jr. (August 28, 1913 – March 27, 2009) was an American financial expert and the founder of the Dreyfus Funds.

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James E. Fitzsimmons

James Edward "Sunny Jim" Fitzsimmons (July 23, 1874 – March 11, 1966) was a Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.

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James G. Rowe Jr.

James Gordon Rowe Jr. (June 16, 1889 – October 21, 1931) was an American Thoroughbred horse trainer.

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James P. Conway

James P. Conway (August 4, 1910 - May 31, 1984) was an American Hall of Fame trainer in Thoroughbred horse racing who trained forty-three stakes winners including five Champions and a winner of two American Classic Races.

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James Stout

James Stout (May 6, 1914 - July 12, 1976) was an American Hall of Fame thoroughbred horse racing jockey who won four Triple Crown races.

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Jan Burke

Jan Burke (born August 1, 1953) is an American author of novels and short stories.

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Java Gold

Java Gold (1984–2009) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse who won three Grade 1 races and sired two Champions.

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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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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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Jeremy Rose

Jeremy Rose (born April 1, 1979 in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse jockey.

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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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Joel Rosario

Joel Rosario (born January 14, 1985) is a Champion jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing, originally from the Dominican Republic.

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John A. Nerud

John Andrew Nerud (February 9, 1913 – August 13, 2015) was an American thoroughbred horse trainer and owner, who was inducted in the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1972.

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John Bejshak

John Joseph Bejshak (September 19, 1909 – December 26, 1969) was a Canadian-born jockey who competed in American Thoroughbred horse racing best known as the rider of 1935 American Horse of the Year, Discovery.

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John M. Gaver Sr.

John Milton Gaver Sr.

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John M. Veitch

John M. Veitch (June 27, 1945 – February 14, 2023) was an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred horse trainer.

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John O. Hertler

John O. Hertler (born September 17, 1950, in Ridgewood, Queens) is an American Thoroughbred horse 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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John Ruane

John Vincent Ruane (October 4, 1936 – September 3, 2006) was an American jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing.

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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 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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Joseph H. Stotler

Joseph Horace "Bud" Stotler (June 26, 1888 – October 14, 1957) was an American Thoroughbred horse racing Champion trainer who conditioned horses that won four Championships. He was of German descent. Commonly known as "Bud," he began working in the horse racing business in his native Pennsylvania where he first conditioned horses for a stable owner from his hometown of Salisbury.

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Junior Alvarado

Junior Rafael Alvarado (born May 20, 1986) is a jockey in the sport of Thoroughbred racing who rode his first winner on December 30, 2005, at La Rinconada Hippodrome near Caracas, Venezuela before moving to ride in the United States in 2007 where he got his first winner on February 17 at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Florida.

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Kelso (horse)

Kelso (April 4, 1957 – October 16, 1983) was a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse who is considered one of the greatest racehorses in history.

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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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Kentucky Derby

The Kentucky Derby is an American Grade I stakes race run at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. Whitney Stakes and Kentucky Derby are grade 1 stakes races in the United States.

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Key to the Mint

Key to the Mint (1969–1996) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse.

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Kiaran McLaughlin

Kiaran P. McLaughlin (born November 15, 1960, in Lexington, Kentucky) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer best known for training 2006 Horse of the Year Invasor.

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Lady's Secret

Lady's Secret (April 8, 1982 – March 4, 2003) was an American Eclipse Award winning Thoroughbred racemare that was listed in the Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century.

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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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Lane's End Farm

Lane's End Farm is a Thoroughbred horse breeding farm in Versailles, Kentucky established in 1979.

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Laverne Fator

Laverne Andrew Fator (October 21, 1899 – May 16, 1936) was an American Hall of Fame jockey.

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Lawyer Ron

Lawyer Ron (March 1, 2003 – July 11, 2009) was an American thoroughbred race horse.

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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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Left Bank (horse)

Left Bank (May 9, 1997 – October 7, 2002) was an American Champion Thoroughbred racehorse.

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Lemon Drop Kid

Lemon Drop Kid (foaled May 26, 1996) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse and sire.

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LeRoy Jolley

LeRoy S. Jolley (January 14, 1938 – December 18, 2017) was an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred horse trainer.

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Lido Palace

Lido Palace (September 27, 1997 - July 16, 2020) was a Thoroughbred racehorse who competed successfully in Chile and the United States.

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Life Is Good (horse)

Life Is Good (foaled 22 April 2018) is a multiple Grade I winning American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 2021 Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile and 2022 Pegasus World Cup.

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Louis Schaefer

Louis J. Schaefer (December 27, 1907 - August 8, 1988) was an American jockey and trainer in Thoroughbred horse racing best known for winning the Preakness Stakes, second leg of the U.S. Triple Crown series, both as a jockey and as a trainer.

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Lulu White

Lulu White (Lulu Hendley, ca. 1868 – August 20, 1931) was a brothel madam, procuress and entrepreneur in New Orleans, Louisiana during the Storyville period.

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MacKenzie Miller

MacKenzie "Mack" Todd Miller (October 16, 1921 – December 10, 2010) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer and owner/breeder.

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Manuel Ycaza

Manuel Ycaza (born Carlos Manuel De Ycaza; February 1, 1938 – July 16, 2018) was a Panamanian American jockey who led the way for Latin American jockeys in the United States.

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McKinzie (horse)

McKinzie (foaled February 25, 2015) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse who was a multiple graded stakes winner and came first or second in fourteen of his eighteen races.

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Medaglia d'Oro (horse)

Medaglia d'Oro (foaled April 11, 1999) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse who won several major stakes races including the 2002 Travers Stakes and the 2003 Whitney Handicap.

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Michael E. Pegram

Michael E. Pegram (born February 16, 1952, in Fort Knox, Kentucky) is the co-owner of the 2010 Preakness Stakes winner Lookin at Lucky and owner of the 1998 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner Real Quiet.

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Michael Sorrentino

Michael Paul Sorrentino (born July 4, 1982), also known as The Situation, is an American television personality.

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Michael Tabor

Michael Barry Tabor (born 28 October 1941) is a racehorse owner.

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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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Moody Jolley

Moody S. Jolley (March 23, 1910 – February 4, 1976) was an American thoroughbred horse racing owner, breeder and trainer.

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New York Racing Association

The New York Racing Association, Inc.

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Nick Wall

Nicholas J. Wall (December 18, 1906 – March 17, 1983) was a Newfoundland Colony born jockey who competed successfully in Canada and was the 1938 National Champion rider in the United States.

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Nick Zito

Nicholas Philip Zito (born February 6, 1948, in New York City, New York) is an American Thoroughbred horse trainer.

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Ogden Phipps

Ogden Phipps (November 26, 1908 – April 21, 2002) was an American stockbroker, court tennis champion and Hall of Fame member, thoroughbred horse racing executive and owner/breeder, and an art collector and philanthropist.

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One Hitter

One Hitter (foaled 1946 in Kentucky) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse bred and raced by the Greentree Stable of Joan Whitney Payson and her brother, John Hay Whitney.

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Onion (horse)

Onion (May 23, 1969 – October 24, 1995) was a U.S. thoroughbred whose victory over Secretariat in the 1973 Whitney Handicap is considered to be among the most dramatic upsets in the history of horse racing.

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Oscar White

Oscar Russell White (August 27, 1908 – April 7, 1983) was an American Thoroughbred horse racing trainer who twice won the third leg of the United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing.

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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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Personal Ensign

Personal Ensign (April 27, 1984 – April 8, 2010) was a champion Thoroughbred racehorse who retired undefeated with 13 wins.

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Pete D. Anderson

Peter D. Anderson (November 20, 1931, in Southampton, Long Island, New York – February 19, 2013, in Hialeah, Florida) was an American jockey and Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.

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Peter Brant

Peter Mark Brant Sr. (born March 1, 1947) is an American industrialist and art collector.

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Piet (horse)

Piet (foaled 1945) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning three consecutive runnings of the Jamaica Handicap.

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Preakness Stakes

The Preakness Stakes is an American thoroughbred horse race held annually on Armed Forces Day, the third Saturday in May at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. Whitney Stakes and Preakness Stakes are grade 1 stakes races in the United States.

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Rajiv Maragh

Rajiv Maragh (born July 9, 1985, in Spanish Town, Jamaica) is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.

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Randy Romero

Randy Paul Romero (December 22, 1957 – August 29, 2019) was a Hall of Fame jockey in the sport of Thoroughbred horse racing.

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Raymond Workman

Raymond "Sonny" Workman (May 24, 1909 – August 21, 1966) was an American National Champion and Hall of Fame jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing.

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Richard E. Dutrow Jr.

Richard E. "Rick" Dutrow Jr. (born August 5, 1959, in Hagerstown, Maryland) is an American thoroughbred racehorse trainer.

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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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Rokeby Stables

Rokeby Stables was an American thoroughbred racehorse breeding farm in Upperville, Virginia, involved with both steeplechase and flat racing.

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Roses In May

Roses In May (foaled February 9, 2000) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse who won 8 of his 13 races, including the 2005 Dubai World Cup, and earned $5,490,187.

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Ruben Hernandez (jockey)

Ruben Hernandez (born November 21, 1950, in Panama City, Panama) is a retired Thoroughbred racing jockey best known for winning the 1979 Belmont Stakes aboard Coastal in which he defeated that year's Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner Spectacular Bid thereby denying him the coveted U.S. Triple Crown.

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Ruperto Donoso

Ruperto Donoso (November 10, 1914 - August 16, 2001) was a jockey in the sport of Thoroughbred horse racing best known for riding Phalanx to victory in the 1947 Belmont Stakes.

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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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Saratoga Race Course

Saratoga Race Course is a Thoroughbred horse racing track located on Union Avenue in Saratoga Springs, New York, United States. Opened in 1863, it is often considered to be the oldest major sporting venue of any kind in the U.S. It is the fourth oldest racetrack after Pleasanton Fairgrounds Racetrack (1858), Freehold Raceway (1854) and Fair Grounds Race Course (1852).

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Saratoga Springs, New York

Saratoga Springs is a city in Saratoga County, New York, United States.

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Scott Harlan

Scott Paul Harlan (February 4, 1864 - January 1, 1948) was an American National Champion Thoroughbred racehorse trainer and owner of Idle Dell Farm near Hatboro, Pennsylvania.

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Secretariat (horse)

Secretariat (March 30, 1970 – October 4, 1989), also known as Big Red, was a champion American thoroughbred racehorse who was the ninth winner of the American Triple Crown, setting and still holding the fastest time record in all three of its constituent races.

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Shadwell Racing

Shadwell Racing is the Thoroughbred horse racing operations of Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

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Shug McGaughey

Claude R. "Shug" McGaughey III (born January 6, 1951) is an American Hall of Fame thoroughbred horse trainer.

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Slew o' Gold

Slew o' Gold (April 19, 1980 – October 14, 2007) was an American thoroughbred racehorse who was voted the 1983 Eclipse Award for Outstanding Three-Year-Old Male Horse and the 1984 Eclipse Award for Outstanding Older Male Horse.

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Steve Asmussen

Steven Mark Asmussen (born November 18, 1965) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.

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Steve Cauthen

Steve Cauthen (born May 1, 1960) is a retired American jockey.

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Stronach Stables

Stronach Stables is the North American racing arm of Thoroughbred horse racing owner and breeder, Frank Stronach, who also owns the horse breeding operation Adena Springs.

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Stymie (horse)

Stymie (April 4, 1941 − 1962) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse.

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Sylvester Veitch

Sylvester E. "Syl" Veitch (February 24, 1910 – February 14, 1996) was a Hall of Fame thoroughbred horse trainer.

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T. J. Healey

Thomas J. Healey (July 16, 1866 - October 7, 1944) was an American Thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame trainer.

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Ted Atkinson

Theodore Frederick Atkinson (June 17, 1916 – May 5, 2005) was a Canadian-born American thoroughbred horse racing jockey, inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1957.

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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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Three Chimneys Farm

Three Chimneys Farm is an American Thoroughbred race horse breeding farm in Midway, Kentucky, established in 1972 by Mr.

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Tizway

Tizway (February 17, 2005 – March 2, 2024) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 2011 Whitney Stakes and Metropolitan Handicap.

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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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Tom Fool

Tom Fool (March 31, 1949 – August 20, 1976) was a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse who was the 1953 American Horse of the Year and was inducted into the Racing Hall of Fame.

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Verbatim (horse)

Verbatim (1965-1991) was an American thoroughbred racehorse and sire.

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Verne Winchell

Verne Hedges Winchell (October 30, 1915 – November 26, 2002) was the founder of Winchell's Donuts and also served as a chairman, president, and chief executive officer of the Denny's restaurant chain.

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Victor J. Nickerson

Victor J. "Lefty" Nickerson (December 25, 1928 – March 26, 2004) was an American Thoroughbred horse racing trainer.

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Victory Gallop

Victory Gallop (foaled May 30, 1995, in Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian-bred Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 1998 Belmont Stakes to deny Real Quiet the Triple Crown, and was the 1999 Champion Older Dirt Male.

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W. Elliott Walden

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Walter Blum

Walter Blum (September 28, 1934 – March 14, 2024) was an American jockey who won 4,382 races in a 22-year career.

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Walter M. Jeffords Sr.

Walter Morrison Jeffords Sr. (August 8, 1883 – September 28, 1960) was a successful Investment banker and owner/breeder of Thoroughbred racehorses who, in partnership with his wife's uncle, Samuel Riddle, purchased and operated Faraway Farm near Lexington Kentucky where they stood Man o' War.

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War Admiral

War Admiral (May 2, 1934 – October 30, 1959) was a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse who is the fourth winner of the American Triple Crown.

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Wayne D. Wright

Wayne Danforth Wright (August 21, 1916 – March 11, 2003) was an American Hall of Fame and National Champion Thoroughbred horse racing jockey who won all three of the Triple Crown races in different years.

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Wheatley Stable

Wheatley Stable was the nom de course for the thoroughbred horse racing partnership formed by Gladys Mills Phipps and her brother, Ogden Livingston Mills.

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Whichone

Whichone (1927–1944) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who was named the American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt of 1929.

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White Abarrio

White Abarrio (born 18 March 2019) is a multiple Grade I winning American Thoroughbred racehorse.

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Whitney family

The Whitney family is a formerly prominent American family descended from non-Norman English immigrant John Whitney (1592–1673), who left London in 1635 and settled in Watertown, Massachusetts.

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William Boland

William Norris "Bill" Boland (born July 16, 1933 at Corpus Christi, Texas) is a retired American Hall of Fame jockey and trainer in Thoroughbred horse racing.

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William Collins Whitney

William Collins Whitney (July 5, 1841February 2, 1904) was an American political leader and financier and a prominent member of the Whitney family. Whitney Stakes and William Collins Whitney are Whitney family.

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William L. Brann

William Leavitt Brann (April 11, 1951) was an American businessman and Thoroughbred racehorse owner and breeder. Born in Washington, Indiana, William Brann graduated from Indiana University Bloomington and moved to New York City where he founded the W. L. Brann Advertising Agency, serving national clients such as Montgomery Ward.

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William L. McKnight

William L. McKnight (November 11, 1887 – March 4, 1978) was an American businessman and philanthropist who served his entire career in the 3M corporation, rising to chairman of the board from 1949 to 1966.

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William Robertson Coe

William Robertson Coe (June 8, 1869 – March 14, 1955) was an insurance, railroad and business executive, a major owner and breeder of Thoroughbred racehorses, as well as a collector of Americana and an important philanthropist for the academic discipline of American Studies.

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William Ziegler Jr.

William J. Ziegler Jr. (July 21, 1891 – March 3, 1958) was an American business executive, philanthropist, polo player, yachtsman, and a Thoroughbred racehorse owner and breeder.

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Winbert F. Mulholland

Winbert F. "Bert" Mulholland (August 27, 1883 - July 12, 1968) was an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred horse racing trainer.

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WinStar Farm

WinStar Farm is an American Thoroughbred horse breeding and racing farm near Versailles, Kentucky, owned by Kenny Troutt.

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References

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