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Count Turf

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Count Turf (April 27, 1948 – October 18, 1966) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse best known as the winner of the 1951 Kentucky Derby. He is one of only two equine families where three generations have won the Kentucky Derby. His grandsire Reigh Count won the 1928 Derby and then his sire Count Fleet won it in 1943. Count Fleet went on to win the U.S. Triple Crown. The only other father/son/grandson combination to win the Derby was Pensive (1944) who sired Ponder (1949) who in turn sired the 1956 winner, Needles. [1]

50 relations: American Horse of the Year, Aqueduct Racetrack, Bay (horse), Belmont Stakes, California, Cleopatra (horse), Conn McCreary, Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, Count Fleet, Counterpoint (horse), Father, Flamingo Stakes, Florida, Gambling, Harry Frank Guggenheim, Horse breeding, Horse racing, Horse trainer, Jack Dempsey, Jack Dempsey's Broadway Restaurant, Jamaica Race Course, Jamaica, Queens, Jockey, Kentucky Derby, Lexington, Kentucky, Louisville, Kentucky, National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame, Needles (horse), New York City, Nicholasville, Kentucky, Nickname, Paris, Kentucky, Pensive, Polymelus, Pompey (horse), Ponder (horse), Preakness Stakes, Reigh Count, Restaurant, Runnymede Farm, Stallion, Sun Briar, Thoroughbred, Times Square, Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, Turkey, United States, Westminster, Maryland, William B. Finnegan, Wood Memorial Stakes.

American Horse of the Year

The American Award for Horse of the Year, one of the Eclipse Awards, is the highest honor given in American thoroughbred horse racing.

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Aqueduct Racetrack

Aqueduct Racetrack is a Thoroughbred horse-racing facility and racino in South Ozone Park, Queens, New York City. Its racing meets are usually from late October/early November through April.

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Bay (horse)

Bay is a hair coat color of horses, characterized by a reddish-brown body color with a black mane, tail, ear edges, and lower legs.

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Belmont Stakes

The Belmont Stakes is an American Grade I stakes Thoroughbred horse race held every June at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York.

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California

California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States.

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Cleopatra (horse)

Cleopatra (foaled 1917 in Kentucky) was an American Champion Thoroughbred racehorse.

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Conn McCreary

Conn N. McCreary (June 17, 1921 - June 29, 1979) was a United States Hall of Fame jockey and trainer in Thoroughbred horse racing who won four American Classic Races.

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Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney

Cornelius Vanderbilt "C.V." ("Sonny") Whitney (February 20, 1899 – December 13, 1992) was an American businessman, film producer, writer, philanthropist, polo player, and government official, as well as the owner of a leading stable of thoroughbred racehorses.

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Count Fleet

Count Fleet (March 24, 1940 – December 3, 1973) was a champion American thoroughbred racehorse.

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Counterpoint (horse)

Counterpoint (1948–1969) was an American ChampionThoroughbred racehorse.

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Father

A father is the male parent of a child.

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Flamingo Stakes

The Flamingo Stakes was an American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds held annually in March at the Hialeah Park Race Track in Hialeah, Florida.

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Florida

Florida (Spanish for "land of flowers") is the southernmost contiguous state in the United States.

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Gambling

Gambling is the wagering of money or something of value (referred to as "the stakes") on an event with an uncertain outcome with the primary intent of winning money or material goods.

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Harry Frank Guggenheim

Harry Frank Guggenheim (August 23, 1890 – January 22, 1971) was an American businessman, diplomat, publisher, philanthropist, aviator, and horseman.

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Horse breeding

Horse breeding is reproduction in horses, and particularly the human-directed process of selective breeding of animals, particularly purebred horses of a given breed.

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Horse racing

Horse racing is an equestrian performance sport, typically involving two or more horses ridden by jockeys (or sometimes driven without riders) over a set distance for competition.

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Horse trainer

A horse trainer is a person who tends to horses and teaches them different disciplines.

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Jack Dempsey

William Harrison "Jack" Dempsey (June 24, 1895 – May 31, 1983), nicknamed "Kid Blackie" and "The Manassa Mauler", was an American professional boxer who competed from 1914 to 1927, and reigned as the world heavyweight champion from 1919 to 1926.

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Jack Dempsey's Broadway Restaurant

Jack Dempsey's Broadway Restaurant, known popularly as Jack Dempsey's, was a restaurant located on Broadway between 49th and 50th streets in Manhattan, New York.

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Jamaica Race Course

Jamaica Race Course, also called the Jamaica Racetrack, was an American thoroughbred horse racing facility operated by the Metropolitan Jockey Club in Jamaica, Queens, New York City, New York.

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Jamaica, Queens

Jamaica is a middle-class neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens.

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Jockey

A jockey is someone who rides horses in horse racing or steeplechase racing, primarily as a profession.

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Kentucky Derby

The Kentucky Derby, is a horse race that is held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, United States, on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival.

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Lexington, Kentucky

Lexington, consolidated with Fayette County and often denoted as Lexington-Fayette, is the second-largest city in Kentucky and the 60th-largest city in the United States.

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Louisville, Kentucky

Louisville is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the 29th most-populous city in the United States.

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National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame

The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame was founded in 1950 in Saratoga Springs, New York, to honor the achievements of American Thoroughbred race horses, jockeys, and trainers.

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Needles (horse)

Needles (April 29, 1953 – October 15, 1984) was an American Hall of Fame Champion Thoroughbred racehorse.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Nicholasville, Kentucky

Nicholasville is a home rule city in Jessamine County, Kentucky, United States.

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Nickname

A nickname is a substitute for the proper name of a familiar person, place, or thing, for affection or ridicule.

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Paris, Kentucky

Paris is a home rule-class city in Bourbon County, Kentucky, in the United States.

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Pensive

Pensive (February 5, 1941 – May 20, 1949) was a bright chestnut Thoroughbred racehorse that in 1944 won the first two legs of the U.S. Triple Crown.

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Polymelus

Polymelus (1902–1924) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse who was the leading sire of racehorses in Great Britain and Ireland for five years (1914, 1915, 1916, 1920, 1921). Among his most famous descendants are Secretariat and Northern Dancer. However, it was through his son Phalaris that he will forever be remembered. His great grandsire was Bend Or.

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Pompey (horse)

Pompey (1923–1944) was an American Champion Thoroughbred racehorse.

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Ponder (horse)

Ponder (April 14, 1946 - October 10, 1958) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the Kentucky Derby in 1949.

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Preakness Stakes

The Preakness Stakes is an American flat thoroughbred horse race held on the third Saturday in May each year at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland.

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Reigh Count

Reigh Count (1925–1948) was an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 1928 Kentucky Derby and the 1929 Coronation Cup in England.

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Restaurant

A restaurant, or an eatery, is a business which prepares and serves food and drinks to customers in exchange for money.

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Runnymede Farm

Runnymede Farm is an American horse breeding farm located outside Paris, Kentucky on U.S. Route 27, the Paris-Cynthiana Road.

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Stallion

A stallion is a male horse that has not been gelded (castrated).

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Sun Briar

Sun Briar (foaled 1915 in France) was a Thoroughbred racehorse retrospectively named the American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt of 1917 and the American Champion Older Male Horse of 1919 by writers from The Blood-Horse magazine.

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Thoroughbred

The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing.

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Times Square

Times Square is a major commercial intersection, tourist destination, entertainment center and neighborhood in the Midtown Manhattan section of New York City at the junction of Broadway and Seventh Avenue.

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Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing

The Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, often shortened to Triple Crown, comprises three races for three-year-old Thoroughbred horses.

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Turkey

Turkey (Türkiye), officially the Republic of Turkey (Türkiye Cumhuriyeti), is a transcontinental country in Eurasia, mainly in Anatolia in Western Asia, with a smaller portion on the Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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Westminster, Maryland

Westminster is a city in northern Maryland, United States.

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William B. Finnegan

William B. "Bill" Finnegan (September 19, 1890 - October 18, 1970) was an American Thoroughbred horse racing trainer.

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Wood Memorial Stakes

The Wood Memorial Stakes is an American flat Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds held annually in April at Aqueduct Racetrack in Ozone Park, Queens, New York.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Count_Turf

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