Famous Racehorses in the 20th Century

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Re: Famous Racehorses in the 20th Century

Postby Mahubah » Fri Mar 04, 2022 6:02 pm

Looks like last week's question was a stumper. The year that brothers finished 1-2 as trainers in the Kentucky Oaks was 1961, when Charles Parke trained winner My Portrait and his brother Ivan Parke trained runner-up Playtime. A new trivia question is now ready and waiting! http://www.americanclassicpedigrees.com/hoofprints
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Re: Famous Racehorses in the 20th Century

Postby Mahubah » Fri Mar 11, 2022 3:34 pm

Frost correctly identified Black Gold as the first Kentucky Derby winner galloped by Albert "Pinky" Brown in his long and extraordinary career as an exercise rider. A new trivia question is now ready and waiting! http://www.americanclassicpedigrees.com/hoofprints
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Re: Famous Racehorses in the 20th Century

Postby Mahubah » Fri Mar 18, 2022 7:45 pm

Frost nailed it this last week with 1918 co-champion juvenile male Billy Kelly, who was used as a workmate for his lazy and irascible stablemate Sir Barton after the Triple Crown winner burned out several other stablemates in the effort to get him to exercise. (Another champion and famous "work horse," Exterminator, was indeed the workmate for Sun Briar, but he made "only" 15 starts at 3.) A new trivia challenge now awaits! http://www.americanclassicpedigrees.com/hoofprints
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Re: Famous Racehorses in the 20th Century

Postby Mahubah » Fri Mar 25, 2022 1:31 pm

Lynn Ann Sattesahn got there first in last week's trivia question with La Troienne. A cornerstone of Colonel E. R. Bradley.s breeding program, La Troienne's daughters and granddaughters exercised a major influence on the breeding programs of Greentree Stud, the Isidor-Bieber Stable, the King Ranch, and Ogden Phipps. Her later descendants have found their way into many more of the nation's top breeding programs. A new trivia question is now ready and waiting! http://www.americanclassicpedigrees.com/hoofprints
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Re: Famous Racehorses in the 20th Century

Postby Mahubah » Fri Apr 01, 2022 5:05 pm

Janet M. came through on last week's question regarding the first filly to both start in a Kentucky Derby and foal a Derby starter. It was Ascension, 10th in the first Kentucky Derby (1875) and dam of Ascender, fourth in the 1883 Derby. A new trivia question now awaits at American Classic Pedigrees (http://www.americanclassicpedigrees.com/hoofprints).
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Re: Famous Racehorses in the 20th Century

Postby Mahubah » Fri Apr 08, 2022 6:48 pm

Looks like last week's question was a stumper. The horse who ran six furlongs in world-record time in 1966 without getting credit for a world record was Impressive, who was officially clocked in 1:06-4/5 for the first six furlongs of the Arlington Classic (Arlington Park, June 25, 1966) but was not credited with a world record for six furlongs on dirt because it was an internal fraction for a mile race. A new trivia question is now ready and waiting! http://www.americanclassicpedigrees.com/hoofprints
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Re: Famous Racehorses in the 20th Century

Postby Mahubah » Fri Apr 15, 2022 4:47 pm

Frost nailed last week's question on all counts. It was Braulio Baeza whose contract with Darby Dan Farm lapsed six days before Proud Clarion ran and won in 1967; Bobby Ussery picked up the mount. A new trivia question is now ready and waiting! http://www.americanclassicpedigrees.com/hoofprints
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Re: Famous Racehorses in the 20th Century

Postby Mahubah » Fri Apr 22, 2022 3:58 pm

Frost came up with three of the five. The five horses honored by intact burials in Claiborne's main horse cemetery are Nasrullah, Princequillo, Round Table, Secretariat, and Swale; the last-named was the only one who did not stand as a stallion at Claiborne but received honors as the farm's first homebred Kentucky Derby winner. One mare has also been buried intact at Claiborne; she was Gallant Fox's dam Marguerite, who was buried in the cemetery at Claiborne's Marchmont division. While not owned by Claiborne, she was bred by Claiborne and was boarded there throughout her producing career. A new trivia challenge is now waiting! http://www.americanclassicpedigrees.com/hoofprints
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Re: Famous Racehorses in the 20th Century

Postby Mahubah » Fri Apr 29, 2022 2:46 pm

Krista scored in last week's trivia challenge, identifying Beau Purple as Allen Jerkens's first winner of a race worth $100,000-added or more. In 1962. Beau Purple uncorked a front-running upset in the Suburban Handicap with eventual five-time American Horse of the Year Kelso second; 1961 American champion 3-year-old male Carry Back was never in the hunt and ran fourth in the four-horse field. A new trivia question now awaits! http://www.americanclassicpedigrees.com/hoofprints
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Re: Famous Racehorses in the 20th Century

Postby Mahubah » Tue May 03, 2022 3:34 pm

Paul nailed last Friday's trivia challenge with Exceller, who probably built Seattle Slew's reputation more than his own with his nose victory over the Triple Crown winner in the 1978 Jockey Club Gold Cup.

I'm going to be thoroughly tied up with family matters over the next several days, so I'm going ahead and posting this year's special Derby/Oaks trivia challenge. All answers can be found on the American Classic Pedigrees website---good luck! http://www.americanclassicpedigrees.com/hoofprints
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Re: Famous Racehorses in the 20th Century

Postby Mahubah » Fri May 13, 2022 1:03 pm

Thanks to everyone who participated in last week's Kentucky Derby/Oaks trivia challenge---hope you had fun! The answers have been posted at http://www.americanclassicpedigrees.com/hoofprints.

Due to family issues, there will be no new trivia challenge this week. Hope to see you next week with a special Preakness challenge!
"A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher...You must make your choice. Either this man was, and is, the Son of God: or else a madman or something worse." C. S. Lewis

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Re: Famous Racehorses in the 20th Century

Postby Mahubah » Thu May 19, 2022 5:27 pm

The special Preakness trivia challenge has been posted in "Hoofprints." Can you come up with the answers to all five questions before the Preakness post time? http://www.americanclassicpedigrees.com/hoofprints
"A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher...You must make your choice. Either this man was, and is, the Son of God: or else a madman or something worse." C. S. Lewis

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Re: Famous Racehorses in the 20th Century

Postby Mahubah » Fri May 27, 2022 5:13 pm

Krista swooped in and ran the table on last week's Preakness special. In case you're wondering, here are the answers:

1) What Preakness winner had the barn name of "Prairie Dog"?

Prairie Bayou (1993)

2) A number of horses with only one eye have won important races, but this Preakness winner was so erratic in his previous starts that, for the Preakness, his trainer put him in a set of blinkers that completely blocked the vision in one eye in hopes that it would persuade the colt to run a straight course, Apparently, it worked. Who was he?

Bold (1951)

3) What "bull-headed" Preakness Stakes winner was raised on a cow's milk formula after being orphaned at an early age?

Polynesian (1945)

4) Continuing on a bovine theme, what Preakness winner drew comment that his dam "must have been a cow" and why?

Candy Spots (1963), because of the odd spots in his coat

5) Who was the first man to both ride and train winners of the Preakness Stakes?

Louis Schaefer, who rode 1929 winner Dr. Freeland and trained 1939 winner Challedon

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"A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher...You must make your choice. Either this man was, and is, the Son of God: or else a madman or something worse." C. S. Lewis

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Re: Famous Racehorses in the 20th Century

Postby Mahubah » Fri Jun 03, 2022 5:53 pm

Krista got there first with last week's trivia question, identifying Grecian Queen as the winner of the 1953 New Castle Handicap, the first US$100,000-added race restricted to fillies and mares. A new trivia question is now ready and waiting! http://www.americanclassicpedigrees.com/hoofprints
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Re: Famous Racehorses in the 20th Century

Postby Mahubah » Mon Jun 13, 2022 4:28 pm

Mea culpa for the lack of a trivia challenge celebrating the Belmont Stakes; I got caught up in continued work on the Black Gold manuscript and honestly forgot all about it. The 6/3/2022 question turned out to be a stumper as no one came up with 1901 Kentucky Oaks winner Lady Schorr, who was sent through two 12-furlong workouts for that year's American Derby after someone challenged her trainer on the accuracy of his time for the first work. The extra work probably cooked her as she was no factor in the American Derby (in which she was conceded a decent chance) and never regained her earlier form. With a little luck (and a better memory on my part), we'll get back on track with trivia on Friday.
"A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher...You must make your choice. Either this man was, and is, the Son of God: or else a madman or something worse." C. S. Lewis