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Macbeth II

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Macbeth II (foaled 1885 in Kentucky) was a horse who was the winner of the 1888 Kentucky Derby He was the third gelding and one of only nine geldings to win the Kentucky Derby, with the others being Vagrant (1876), Apollo (1882), Old Rosebud (1914), Exterminator (1918), Paul Jones (1920), Clyde Van Dusen (1929), Funny Cide (2003), and Mine That Bird (2009). [1]

27 relations: Apollo (horse), Bay (horse), Brooklyn Invitational Stakes, Champagne Stakes (United States), Chicago, Claiming race, Daily Racing Form, Exterminator (horse), Funny Cide, Gelding, Horse length, Kentucky, Kentucky Derby, Lexington, Kentucky, Lincoln Park, Mine That Bird, National Hunt flat race, New York (state), Old Rosebud, Sheepshead Bay Race Track, Sire, Steeplechase (horse racing), Tennessee Derby, Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing (United States), United Kingdom, United States, Vagrant (racehorse).

Apollo (horse)

Apollo (1879–1887) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse best known as the winner of the 1882 Kentucky Derby.

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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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Brooklyn Invitational Stakes

The Brooklyn Invitational Stakes (formerly known as the Brooklyn Handicap) is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in early June at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York, on Long Island.

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Champagne Stakes (United States)

The Champagne Stakes is an American Grade I Thoroughbred horse race for two-year-old horses.

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Chicago

Chicago, officially the City of Chicago, is the third most populous city in the United States, after New York City and Los Angeles.

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Claiming race

A claiming race in thoroughbred horse racing is one in which the horses are all for sale for more or less the same price (the "claiming price") up until shortly before the race.

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Daily Racing Form

The Daily Racing Form (DRF) (usually just referred to as the Racing Form) is a tabloid newspaper founded in 1894 in Chicago, Illinois, by Frank Brunell.

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Exterminator (horse)

Exterminator (May 30, 1915 – September 26, 1945) was an American Thoroughbred Hall of Fame racehorse the winner of the 1918 Kentucky Derby, and in 1922 won Horse of the Year honors.

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Funny Cide

Funny Cide (foaled April 20, 2000) is a Thoroughbred race horse who won the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes in 2003.

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Gelding

A gelding is a castrated horse or other equine, such as a donkey or a mule.

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Horse length

A horse length, or simply length, is a unit of measurement for the length of a horse from nose to tail, approximately.

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Kentucky

Kentucky, officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state located in the east south-central region of the United States.

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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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Lincoln Park

Lincoln Park is a park situated along Lake Michigan on North Side in Chicago, Illinois.

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Mine That Bird

Mine That Bird (foaled May 10, 2006) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse who had a racing career in both Canada and the United States from 2008 to 2010. He is best known for pulling off a monumental upset, at 50-to-1 odds, by winning the Kentucky Derby in 2009. He became one of only nine geldings to win the Kentucky Derby and the second gelding to win the race since 1929. He continued to have success in the two remaining races of the American Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing by finishing second in the 2009 Preakness Stakes and third in the 2009 Belmont Stakes. On November 6, 2010, Mine That Bird was retired from racing after being winless in nine starts since the Kentucky Derby. He amassed $2,228,637 in earnings and won five of eighteen starts during his three-year racing career.

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National Hunt flat race

National Hunt Flat races, informally known as Bumper races, are a type of Flat racing but run under National Hunt racing rules in Britain and Ireland.

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New York (state)

New York is a state in the northeastern United States.

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Old Rosebud

Old Rosebud (1911–1922) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse whose pedigree traced to the influential sire Eclipse, and through Eclipse to the founding stallion, the Darley Arabian.

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Sheepshead Bay Race Track

Sheepshead Bay Race Track was an American Thoroughbred horse racing facility built on the site of the Coney Island Jockey Club at Sheepshead Bay, New York.

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Sire

Sire is a respectful form of address for reigning kings in Europe.

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Steeplechase (horse racing)

A steeplechase is a distance horse race in which competitors are required to jump diverse fence and ditch obstacles.

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Tennessee Derby

The Tennessee Derby was an American Thoroughbred horse race that was run annually from 1884 to 1886 and then 1890–1906 at the Montgomery Park Race Track located on the Memphis Fairgrounds in Tennessee.

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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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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western 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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Vagrant (racehorse)

Vagrant, (1873 – c.1890) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse that is best known for his 1876 Kentucky Derby win.

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References

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

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