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Gato Del Sol

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Gato Del Sol (February 23, 1979 – August 7, 2007) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse best known for his win in the 1982 Kentucky Derby. [1]

63 relations: Aloma's Ruler, Animal euthanasia, Arthur B. Hancock III, Beldale Ball, Belmont Stakes, Blue Grass Stakes, Bois Roussel, Bold Ruler, Breeders' Cup Turf, Cabrillo Handicap, Canada, Charles E. Whittingham, Chile, Churchill Downs, Conquistador Cielo, Cougar (horse), Del Mar Futurity, Del Mar racetrack, Eddie Delahoussaye, Edwin J. Gregson, Exceller, Germany, Gray (horse), Hail To Reason, Henryk de Kwiatkowski, Hollywood Park Racetrack, Horse breeding, Horse racing, Howard M. Tesher, Keeneland, Kentucky Derby, Leone J. Peters, Manhattan, Melbourne Cup, Nasrullah (horse), National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame, Nearco, New York Racing Association, Parimutuel betting, Paris, Kentucky, Poaceae, Preakness Stakes, Precipitation (horse), Prix Morny, Risen Star, Runaway Groom, Saratoga Race Course, Shoemaker Mile Stakes, Slaughterhouse, Stallion, ..., Stone Farm, Suburban Handicap, Sunday Silence, Sweden, Tehran (horse), Thoroughbred, Travers Stakes, Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing (United States), Turn-To, United States, University of Kentucky Solar Car Team, West Coast of the United States, Wood Memorial Stakes. Expand index (13 more) »

Aloma's Ruler

Aloma's Ruler (1979–2003) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the second leg of the 1982 U.S. Triple Crown series, the Preakness Stakes.

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Animal euthanasia

Animal euthanasia (euthanasia from εὐθανασία; "good death") is the act of putting an animal to death or allowing it to die by withholding extreme medical measures.

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Arthur B. Hancock III

Arthur Boyd Hancock III (born February 22, 1943, in Nashville, Tennessee) is an American owner of Thoroughbred racehorses, the owner of Stone Farm, a 2,000 acre (8 km²) horse breeding operation in Paris, Kentucky, and a composer of Bluegrass music.

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Beldale Ball

Beldale Ball (foaled 1976) was a brown Thoroughbred racehorse stallion by Nashua out of the mare San Cat (by Barbizon).

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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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Blue Grass Stakes

The Blue Grass Stakes, currently the Toyota Blue Grass Stakes due to sponsorship by the Toyota Motor Corporation, is a horse race for 3-year-old Thoroughbreds held annually in April at Keeneland Racecourse in Lexington, Kentucky.

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Bois Roussel

Bois Roussel (1935–1955) was a French-bred Thoroughbred champion racehorse and a leading broodmare sire. He won the 1938 Epsom Derby on his second racecourse appearance.

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Bold Ruler

Bold Ruler (April 6, 1954 – July 11, 1971) was an American Thoroughbred Hall of Fame racehorse who was named the 1957 Horse of the Year after a three-year-old campaign that included wins in the Preakness Stakes and Jerome Handicap, in which he defeated fellow Hall of Fame inductees Round Table and Gallant Man.

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Breeders' Cup Turf

The Breeders' Cup Turf is a Weight for Age Thoroughbred horse race on turf for three-year-olds and up.

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Cabrillo Handicap

The Cabrillo Handicap was an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Del Mar Racetrack in Del Mar, California from 1966 through 1990.

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Canada

Canada is a country located in the northern part of North America.

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Charles E. Whittingham

Charles Edward Whittingham (April 13, 1913 – April 20, 1999) was an American Thoroughbred race horse trainer who is one of the most acclaimed trainers in U.S. racing history.

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Chile

Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a South American country occupying a long, narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west.

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Churchill Downs

Churchill Downs, located on Central Avenue in south Louisville, Kentucky, United States, is a Thoroughbred racetrack most famous for annually hosting the Kentucky Derby.

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Conquistador Cielo

Conquistador Cielo (March 20, 1979 – December 17, 2002) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse.

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Cougar (horse)

Cougar (1966–1989) was a Chilean Thoroughbred racehorse who also competed in the United States, where he was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame. Cougar was noted for his late running style and versatility, winning major stakes races on both dirt and turf. After his relocation from Chile to the United States, he was usually referred to as Cougar II.

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Del Mar Futurity

The Del Mar Futurity is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually at Del Mar Racetrack in Del Mar, California.

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Del Mar racetrack

Del Mar Thoroughbred Club racetrack is an American Thoroughbred horse racing track at the Del Mar Fairgrounds in the seaside city of Del Mar, California, north of San Diego.

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Eddie Delahoussaye

Edward J. Delahoussaye (born September 21, 1951) is a retired American Thoroughbred jockey from New Iberia, Louisiana.

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Edwin J. Gregson

Edwin J. Gregson (August 7, 1938 – June 4, 2000) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.

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Exceller

Exceller (May 12, 1973 – April 7, 1997) is widely considered one of the best horses to race in the United States not to win a year-end championship.

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Germany

Germany (Deutschland), officially the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesrepublik Deutschland), is a sovereign state in central-western Europe.

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Gray (horse)

Gray or grey is a coat color of horses characterized by progressive silvering of the colored hairs of the coat.

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Hail To Reason

Hail To Reason (April 18, 1958 – February 24, 1976) was an American thoroughbred racehorse and an influential sire.

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Henryk de Kwiatkowski

Henryk Richard de Kwiatkowski (February 22, 1924 – March 17, 2003) was a Polish-born member of the Royal Air Force who became an aeronautical engineer, made a fortune in business in North America, and who owned Calumet Farm, one of the most prestigious thoroughbred horse breeding and racing farms in the United States, which throughout its history of over 87 years, has produced some of the greatest Thoroughbred horses of all time.

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Hollywood Park Racetrack

Hollywood Park, later sold and referred to as Betfair Hollywood Park, was a thoroughbred race course located in Inglewood, California, about 3 miles (5 km) from Los Angeles International Airport and adjacent to the Forum indoor arena.

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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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Howard M. Tesher

Howard M. Tesher (born c. 1935 in Miami, Florida) is an American Thoroughbred horse racing trainer.

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Keeneland

Keeneland includes the Keeneland Racecourse, a Thoroughbred horse racing facility, and a sales complex, both in Lexington, Kentucky.

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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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Leone J. Peters

Leone J. Peters (September 16, 1911 – June 4, 1988) was an American businessman and an owner-breeder of Thoroughbred racehorses.

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Manhattan

Manhattan is the most densely populated borough of New York City, its economic and administrative center, and its historical birthplace.

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Melbourne Cup

The Melbourne Cup is Australia's most prestigious annual Thoroughbred horse race.

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Nasrullah (horse)

Nasrullah (March 2, 1940 – May 26, 1959) was a Thoroughbred racehorse that was bred in Ireland and trained in the United Kingdom before becoming a champion sire in both Europe and North America.

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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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Nearco

Nearco (January 24, 1935 – June 27, 1957) was an Italian-bred Thoroughbred racehorse described by Thoroughbred Heritage as "one of the greatest racehorses of the Twentieth Century" and "one of the most important sires of the century." He was unbeaten, winning 14 races at distances from 1000m (5 furlongs) to 3000m (1 mile 7 furlongs), including the Derby Italiano and Grand Prix de Paris.

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New York Racing Association

The New York Racing Association, Inc.

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Parimutuel betting

Parimutuel betting (from the Pari Mutuel or mutual betting) is a betting system in which all bets of a particular type are placed together in a pool; taxes and the "house-take" or "vigorish" are removed, and payoff odds are calculated by sharing the pool among all winning bets.

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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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Poaceae

Poaceae or Gramineae is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants known as grasses, commonly referred to collectively as grass.

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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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Precipitation (horse)

Precipitation was an influential British bred Thoroughbred stallion who is found in the pedigrees of many racehorses and sport horses today.

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Prix Morny

| The Prix Morny is a Group 1 flat horse race in France open to two-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies.

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Risen Star

Risen Star (March 25, 1985 – March 13, 1998), was an American champion thoroughbred race horse which won the Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes in 1988.

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Runaway Groom

Runaway Groom (1979–2007) was a Canadian Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse.

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Saratoga Race Course

Saratoga Race Course is a thoroughbred horse racing track located on Union Avenue in Saratoga Springs, New York, United States, with a capacity of 50,000. Opened in 1863, it is often considered to be the oldest major sporting venue of any kind in the country, but is actually the fourth oldest racetrack in the US (after 3rd oldest Pleasanton Fairgrounds Racetrack, 2nd oldest Fair Grounds Race Course, and oldest Freehold Raceway).

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Shoemaker Mile Stakes

The Shoemaker Mile Stakes is a Grade I American Thoroughbred horse race for horses age three years old and older over a distance of one mile on the turf held annually in late May at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California, USA.

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Slaughterhouse

A slaughterhouse or abattoir is a facility where animals are slaughtered for consumption as food.

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Stallion

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

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Stone Farm

Stone Farm is an American Thoroughbred horse breeding farm in Paris, Kentucky.

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Suburban Handicap

The Suburban Handicap is an American Grade II Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York.

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Sunday Silence

Sunday Silence (March 25, 1986 – August 19, 2002) was an American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse and Sire.

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Sweden

Sweden (Sverige), officially the Kingdom of Sweden (Swedish), is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe.

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Tehran (horse)

Tehran (1941–1966) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire, who raced during World War II and was best known for winning the classic St Leger in 1944.

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Thoroughbred

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

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Travers Stakes

The Travers Stakes is an American Grade I Thoroughbred horse race held at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York.

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Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing (United States)

In the United States, the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, commonly known as the Triple Crown, is a title awarded to a three-year-old Thoroughbred horse who wins the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and Belmont Stakes.

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Turn-To

Turn-To (1951–1973) was a British-bred, American-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and sire.

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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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University of Kentucky Solar Car Team

The University of Kentucky Solar Car Team is an independent, student-led project that operates as part of the University of Kentucky College of Engineering.

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West Coast of the United States

The West Coast or Pacific Coast is the coastline along which the contiguous Western United States meets the North Pacific Ocean.

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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/Gato_Del_Sol

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