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  2. British Homing World Show of the Year - Wikipedia

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    The show features around 1,000 show pigeons and 2,000 racing pigeons. [1] Fanciers compete for the award of "Best in Class" in 32 different categories, one of which wins the prize of "Supreme Champion of Great Britain". [3] Auctions are held at the event as well; [1] pigeons have sold for up to £10,000 at the event.

  3. Triple Truck Challenge - Wikipedia

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    The Triple Truck Challenge is a bonus program for race winners for designated races in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series each season that is designed to give attention to series regulars. The program debuted in 2019.

  4. Yosemite Sam - Wikipedia

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    Yosemite Sam (/ j oʊ ˈ s ɛ m ɪ t i / yoh-SEM-ih-tee) [2] is a cartoon character in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of short films produced by Warner Bros. His name is taken from Yosemite National Park in California.

  5. Seabiscuit - Wikipedia

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    Seabiscuit (May 23, 1933 – May 17, 1947) was a champion thoroughbred racehorse in the United States who became the top money-winning racehorse up to the 1940s. He beat the 1937 Triple Crown winner, War Admiral, by four lengths in a two-horse special at Pimlico and was voted American Horse of the Year for 1938.

  6. Pigeon racing at the 1900 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia

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    The report on the "International Contests of Physical Exercise and of Sports" in Paris in 1900 lists lâcher-concours de pigeons-voyageurs (lit. ' homing pigeon release competition ', in French) occurring on 6 separate sundays: 24 June, 8 July, 29 July, 26 August, 9 September and 16 September 1900, all in the French commune of Vincennes.

  7. Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines - Wikipedia

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    The Vulture Squadron try to catch Yankee Doodle Pigeon for the umpteenth time with a bird caller plane; a bird packaging plane; a sandbag balloon; and a weather machine. In Magnificent Muttley, Muttley has to wash his Wacky Races car and dreams he is in an auto race against the cheating Dastardly.

  8. Royal Pigeon Racing Association - Wikipedia

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    The Royal Pigeon Racing Association (RPRA) is a governing body for pigeon racing in the United Kingdom. Queen Elizabeth II was [1] president of the RPRA and also an enthusiastic pigeon fancier herself. [2] The RPRA has 21,000 members spread across 1,500 pigeon clubs in the UK.

  9. Thoroughbred Racing on NBC - Wikipedia

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    Triple Crown Productions was formed in 1986 with ABC; prior to that, the individual racing associations reached their own deals with television networks. Prior to the change, on May 21, 2005, Visa, Inc. officially withdrew its sponsorship of the Triple Crown, effective with the 2006 races; this relieved the company from paying the US$ 5,000,000 ...