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  2. Champion Hurdle - Wikipedia

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    The sixth and most recent mare to win the race was Honeysuckle, the winner of the 2021 and 2022 renewals. The last triple winner of the Champion Hurdle was Istabraq, whose successes came in 1998, 1999 and 2000. In the early weeks of 2001 he was the odds-on favourite to win the race again, for an unprecedented fourth time.

  3. Richard Migliore - Wikipedia

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    In 2005, he again won the New York Thoroughbred Association Jockey of the Year title, riding the New York-bred winners of 58 races and winning $2,246,398. In 2005, he won the Aqueduct Racetrack spring meet. His 4,000th career win occurred on February 4, 2005. He won twice that day, once on Hurricane Erica and the second time on Benjamin Baby.

  4. Pigeon racing - Wikipedia

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    Pigeon racing is the sport of releasing specially trained homing pigeons, which then return to their homes over a carefully measured distance.The time it takes the animal to cover the specified distance is measured and the bird's rate of travel is calculated and compared with all of the other pigeons in the race to determine which animal returned at the highest speed.

  5. On the 50th anniversary of his Triple Crown, why ... - AOL

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    ‘Big Red’ is one of 13 winners of horse racing’s Triple Crown. Why do we know him better than all the others? Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call ...

  6. Desert Wine - Wikipedia

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    Desert Wine (1980–2003) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse best known for his three-year-old season that included a runner-up finish in the Preakness Stakes and four stakes wins in California, including the Strub Stakes.

  7. Desert Orchid Handicap Chase - Wikipedia

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    Desert Orchid won Kempton's most prestigious event, the King George VI Chase, four times between 1986 and 1990. His ashes were scattered at the racecourse on the day of this race's inaugural running. The event replaced the Castleford Chase in the National Hunt calendar as a Grade 2 chase over 2 miles. From 2006 to 2022 it was run as a ...

  8. Today in history: Secretariat wins greatest Triple Crown ever ...

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    He came in two and half seconds faster than American Pharoah, which may as well be hours when you consider that Secretariat finished that grueling 1.5 mile race in 2 minutes and 24 seconds.

  9. List of British National Hunt races - Wikipedia

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    Class 2 or Class 3 races worth £50,000 or more run between mid-October and the end of the season, or £40,000 or more between the start of the season and mid-October. Races worth £34,000 or more which are a course's most important race of the season or which have historical importance. All Regional Grand National races, and any Cross-Country ...