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Wilson's Allen sired a total of 482 foals. Among them were five of the first ten World Grand Champions: Strolling Jim, winner in 1939; Haynes Peacock, winner in 1940 and 1941; Melody Maid, winner in 1942; City Girl, winner in 1944; and Midnight Sun, winner in 1945 and 1946. It is estimated that of the nearly 70 horses who have won the World ...
Ángel Tomás Cordero Jr. (born November 8, 1942) is a Puerto Rican jockey.He is known for being one of the winningest 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.
Gary Lynn Stevens (born March 6, 1963) is an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey, actor, and sports analyst.He became a professional jockey in 1979 and rode his first of three Kentucky Derby winners in 1988.
Kenneth L. "Ken" Ramsey (born 1935) and Sarah Kathern "Kitten" Ramsey (February 5, 1939 – May 29, 2022) [5] are horse breeders and owners of Thoroughbred race horses. They have multiple graded stakes winners, three Breeders' Cup winners, and the Ramseys themselves have won multiple Eclipse Awards for outstanding owner and breeder.
The horse Jenkins is most famous for riding was Idle Dice, a former Thoroughbred race horse who won 31 grand prix jumping championships, most with Jenkins. [ 5 ] Jenkins won the American Gold Cup five times, four of them in consecutive years (1972-1975), winning his last Gold Cup with The Natural in 1985.
Overall, fewer than half of the Classic winners of any age had entered any of the Triple Crown races when they were three-year-olds. [ 11 ] Sunday Silence came the closest to a Breeders Cup Classic Grand Slam in 1989 prior to American Pharoah's 2015 achievement.
Stephen Nedoroscik (aka "The Pommel Horse Guy"). At the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, the gymnast captured America’s heart helping the U.S. Men’s Gymnastics team win their first team medal (bronze ...
Rachel Alexandra (foaled January 29, 2006) is a retired American Thoroughbred racehorse and the 2009 Horse of the Year.When she won the 2009 Preakness Stakes, the second leg of the Triple Crown, she became the first filly to win the race in 85 years (the last filly to win was Nellie Morse, in 1924).