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Hoop Jr.

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Hoop Jr. (March 15, 1942 – November 19, 1964) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the Kentucky Derby in 1945. [1]

39 relations: Ajax (horse), Alabama, Bay (horse), Bay Ronald, Bull Dog (horse), Bull Lea, Carbine (horse), Colt (horse), Eddie Arcaro, Filly, Florida, Flying Fox (horse), France, Fred W. Hooper, Gallorette, General contractor, Horse racing, Isinglass (horse), Ivan H. Parke, Keeneland Sales, Kentucky Derby, Mare, Ocala, Florida, Osselet, Plucky Liege, Polynesian (horse), Preakness Stakes, Precisionist (horse), Prestige (horse), Sir Gallahad, Spearmint (horse), St. Simon (horse), Stallion, Star Shoot, Susan's Girl, Teddy (horse), Thoroughbred, United States, Wood Memorial Stakes.

Ajax (horse)

Ajax (foaled 1901 in France) was an undefeated Thoroughbred racehorse that won the Grand Prix de Paris and was an influential sire.

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Alabama

Alabama is a state in the southeastern region of the United States.

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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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Bay Ronald

Bay Ronald, foaled 3 May 1893, at Leybourne Grange Stud in Kent, England) was a Thoroughbred racehorse that had a huge impact on the breeding of sport horses, mainly through his son Dark Ronald and grandson Teddy, and also carried on his lines in theThoroughbred racing world, through his son Bayardo. He appears in the pedigrees of many dressage, show jumping, and eventing horses today.

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Bull Dog (horse)

Bull Dog (1927–1954) was a French Thoroughbred racehorse who became a North American Champion sire and Champion broodmare sire.

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Bull Lea

Bull Lea (March 11, 1935 – June 16, 1964) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who is best known as the foundation sire responsible for making Calumet Farm one of the most successful racing stables in American history.

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Carbine (horse)

Carbine (1885–1914), was an outstanding New Zealand bred Thoroughbred racehorse, who competed in New Zealand and later Australia.

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Colt (horse)

A colt is a male horse, usually below the age of four years.

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Eddie Arcaro

George Edward Arcaro (February 19, 1916 – November 14, 1997), known professionally as Eddie Arcaro, was an American Thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey who won more American classic races than any other jockey in history and is the only rider to have won the U.S. Triple Crown twice.

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Filly

A filly is a female horse that is too young to be called a mare.

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Florida

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

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Flying Fox (horse)

Flying Fox (1896–1911) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 1899 English Triple Crown Races and was the leading sire in France three times.

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France

France, officially the French Republic (République française), is a sovereign state whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe, as well as several overseas regions and territories.

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Fred W. Hooper

Fred William Hooper (October 6, 1897 – August 4, 2000) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse owner and breeder.

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Gallorette

Gallorette (1942–1959) was a Maryland-bred chestnut thoroughbred filly who became a Hall of Fame race horse.

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General contractor

A general contractor (main contractor, prime contractor) is responsible for the day-to-day oversight of a construction site, management of vendors and trades, and the communication of information to all involved parties throughout the course of a building project.

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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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Isinglass (horse)

Isinglass (1890–1911) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire.

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Ivan H. Parke

Ivan H. Parke (November 1, 1908 – January 20, 1995) was an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred horse racing jockey and trainer who won more races than any other jockey in the United States in 1923, as an apprentice, and again in 1924 when he also was the United States Champion Jockey by earnings.

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Keeneland Sales

Keeneland Sales is an American Thoroughbred auction house in Lexington, Kentucky founded in 1935 as a nonprofit racing/auction entity on 147 acres (0.59 km2) of farmland west of Lexington, which had been owned by Jack O. Keene.

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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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Mare

A mare is an adult female horse or other equine.

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Ocala, Florida

Ocala is a city located in Marion County, Florida, which is part of the northern region of the state.

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Osselet

Osselet is arthritis in the fetlock joint of a horse, caused by trauma.

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Plucky Liege

Plucky Liege (1912–1937) was a British Thoroughbred racemare who produced eleven winners, including an Epsom Derby winner at the age of twenty-three and three British Classic race winners.

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Polynesian (horse)

Polynesian (March 8, 1942 – 1959) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse and sire.

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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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Precisionist (horse)

Precisionist (February 28, 1981 – September 27, 2006) was an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse.

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Prestige (horse)

Prestige (1903 – after 1923) was an undefeated French Thoroughbred racehorse and sire.

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Sir Gallahad

Sir Gallahad (1920–1949) was a French Thoroughbred racehorse and a very important Sire in the United States.

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Spearmint (horse)

Spearmint (1903–1924) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and a sire.

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St. Simon (horse)

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Stallion

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

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Star Shoot

Star Shoot (1898 – November 19, 1919) was a Thoroughbred racehorse that was bred in Ireland, raced in the United Kingdom and was eventually imported to the United States to become a five-time leading sire in the early 1900s. He was a white stockinged, chestnut colt sired by the great British 1893 Triple Crown winner, Isinglass, out of the Hermit bred mare Astrology. He is best remembered for siring the American Classic winning sons Sir Barton and Grey Lag and the 1917 American Oaks winning filly Wistful I.

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Susan's Girl

Susan's Girl (1969–October 18, 1988) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse.

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Teddy (horse)

Teddy (1913–1936) was a French racehorse and an influential sire, especially for lines in Italy, France, and the United States.

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Thoroughbred

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

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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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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/Hoop_Jr.

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