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2. Gear Up (horse) - Wikipedia

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   Gear Up (foaled 8 March 2018) is an Irish-bred Thoroughbred racehorse. He was one of the leading two-year-old colts in Europe in 2020 when he won three of his four races including the Group 3 Acomb Stakes in England and the Group 1 Criterium de Saint-Cloud in France.

3. Top Gear races - Wikipedia

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   Series Five, Episode Eight (19 December 2004) . In what proved to be one of the closest Top Gear long-distance races ever staged, Clarkson tried to beat Hammond and May in a race from the studio in Dunsfold, Surrey to Verbier, Switzerland to find out the quickest way to get to the Alps for a skiing holiday.

4. List of highest points reached in the Tour de France - Wikipedia

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   The 1938 race went higher up to the Alpine Col de l'Iseran at 2,770 m (9,088 ft). [6] [11] Various Alpine passes, including the Galibier, were the highest points reached in Tours until the 1962 race saw a new high of 2,860 m (9,383 ft) at the Cime de la Bonette in the Alps, a short loop road which forks from the summit of the Col de la Bonette ...

5. Endurance riding - Wikipedia

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   In an endurance ride, discussed in this article, the winning horse is the first one to cross the finish line while stopping periodically to pass a veterinary check that deems the animal in good health and fit to continue. As with human marathon running, many riders will participate to improve their horse's personal best performance and consider ...

6. Napoleon Crossing the Alps - Wikipedia

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   Napoleon Crossing the Alps (also known as Napoleon at the Saint-Bernard Pass or Bonaparte Crossing the Alps; listed as Le Premier Consul franchissant les Alpes au col du Grand Saint-Bernard) is a series of five oil on canvas equestrian portraits of Napoleon Bonaparte painted by the French artist Jacques-Louis David between 1801 and 1805.

7. Ride and Tie - Wikipedia

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   Ride and Tie was founded in 1971 by Bud Johns, who was a public relations director for Levi Strauss & Co. [1] [2] Levi's was looking to sponsor a difficult sporting event that would emphasize the company's rough-and-ready image and Johns suggested they invent a sport of running and riding based on historical records. [3]

8. Gymkhana (equestrian) - Wikipedia

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   Competitors run in heats against other riders Many of the games involve picking up or placing objects at speed Speed mounting and dismounting is an essential skill. Gymkhana classes are a collection of timed speed events such as; barrel racing, pole bending, keyhole race, keg race (also known as "down and back"), flag racing, a hybrid pattern like mountain cow horse, and stake race.

9. Marengo (horse) - Wikipedia

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   Marengo (c. 1793 – 1831) was the famous war horse of Napoleon I of France. Named after the Battle of Marengo , through which he carried his rider safely, he was imported to France from Egypt following the Battle of Abukir in 1799 as a six-year-old.