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The first state horse was designated in Vermont in 1961. The most recent state horse designations occurred in 2024 when Mississippi designated the American Quarter Horse as its state horse and in 2022 when Oklahoma declared the American Quarter Horse as its state horse. There have been proposals to designate a state horse in Oregon as well as ...
The Green Monkey (February 4, 2004 – May 2018) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse.A descendant of both Northern Dancer and Secretariat, The Green Monkey was sold in 2006 as a two-year-old colt for the highest price ever paid at auction for a Thoroughbred—$16,000,000.
The National Thoroughbred Racing Association calls him "one of the most influential sires in Thoroughbred history." [15] At the time of his 1990 death, his descendants had won more than 1,000 stakes races. [13] As of 2020, twenty-seven of the thirty-three horses on this list were from the Northern Dancer sire line.
Let's get this out of the way now: You can't horse around if you want to be a Thoroughbred owner. In all seriousness, there's a reason that horse racing is called the sport of kings: It's an ...
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The list below shows the leading sire of Thoroughbred racehorses in North America for each year since 1830. This is determined by the amount of prize money won by the sire's progeny during the year. This is determined by the amount of prize money won by the sire's progeny during the year.
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[6] Snaafi Dancer joins nine other descendants of Northern Dancer who clinch the entire list of the ten most expensive colts sold at auction (current to 2014). His dam, My Bupers, had previously produced several winners including the American Champion Sprint Horse My Juliet and the Champagne Stakes winner Lyphard's Special.