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Pleasant Colony

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Pleasant Colony (May 4, 1978 – December 31, 2002) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the first two legs of the 1981 American Triple Crown: the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes. [1]

61 relations: Aiken Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame and Museum, Akureyri, Alibhai (horse), American Champion Older Dirt Male Horse, American Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse, American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly, Arkansas Derby, Bay (horse), Belmont Stakes, Blue Ridge Farm (Upperville, Virginia), Bold Ego, Breeders' Cup Classic, Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies, Charles Scribner's Sons, Double Jay (horse), Dubai World Cup, Europe, Fasig-Tipton, Florida, Florida Derby, Flower Bowl, Forestry (horse), Fountain of Youth Stakes, Graded stakes race, Hand (unit), His Majesty (horse), Horse breeding, Horse racing, Hyperion (horse), Irish Derby, Jeffrey Fell, Jockey, John P. Campo, Jorge Velásquez, Kentucky Derby, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, Lane's End Farm, Marlboro Cup Invitational Handicap, Nasrullah (horse), Pilgrim Stakes, Pleasant Tap, Pleasantly Perfect, Preakness Stakes, Princequillo, Remsen Stakes, Ribot (horse), St Jovite, Stallion, Stephen Foster Handicap, Summing, ..., Tenerani, The Green Monkey, Thomas Mellon Evans, Thoroughbred, United States, Upperville, Virginia, Versailles, Kentucky, Wall Street, Wood Memorial Stakes, Woodward Stakes, 1981 Preakness Stakes. Expand index (11 more) »

Aiken Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame and Museum

The Aiken Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame and Museum was established in 1977 as a tribute to the famous flat racing and steeplechase Thoroughbred horses that trained in Aiken, South Carolina.

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Akureyri

Akureyri is a town in northern Iceland.

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Alibhai (horse)

Alibhai (1938–1960) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse who was purchased by Hollywood movie mogul Louis B. Mayer for 3,200 guineas and brought to the United States.

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American Champion Older Dirt Male Horse

The title of American Champion Older Dirt Male Horse is an American Thoroughbred horse racing honor awarded annually to a stallion or gelding, four years old and up, for performances on dirt and main track racing surfaces.

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American Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse

The American Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse is an American Thoroughbred horse racing honor awarded annually in Thoroughbred flat racing.

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American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly

The American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly is an American Thoroughbred horse racing honor awarded annually to a female horse in Thoroughbred flat racing.

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Arkansas Derby

The Arkansas Derby is an American flat Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds held annually in April at Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Arkansas.

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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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Blue Ridge Farm (Upperville, Virginia)

Blue Ridge Farm is a historic home and farm located near Upperville, Fauquier County, Virginia.

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Bold Ego

Bold Ego (March 2, 1978 – June 30, 1997) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse known for his blazing speed who won the 1981 Arkansas Derby and ran second in the Preakness Stakes. He was bred by J. D. Barton of Anthony, New Mexico and raced under his Double B. Ranch colors in a three-way partnership with Dr. Joseph Kidd and James Howard.

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Breeders' Cup Classic

The Breeders' Cup Classic is a Grade I Weight for Age thoroughbred horse race for 3-year-olds and older run at a distance of on dirt.

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Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies

The Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies is a -mile thoroughbred horse race on dirt (although the distance has varied, depending on the configuration of the host track) for two-year-old fillies run annually since 1984 at a different racetrack in the United States or Canada as part of the Breeders' Cup World Championships in early November.

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Charles Scribner's Sons

Charles Scribner's Sons, or simply Scribner's or Scribner, is an American publisher based in New York City, known for publishing American authors including Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Kurt Vonnegut, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Stephen King, Robert A. Heinlein, Thomas Wolfe, George Santayana, John Clellon Holmes, Don DeLillo, and Edith Wharton.

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Double Jay (horse)

Double Jay (1944–1972) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse.

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Dubai World Cup

| The Dubai World Cup (Arabic:كأس دبي العالمي) is a Thoroughbred horse race held annually since 1996 and contested at the Meydan Racecourse (Arabic:ميدان) which in Arabic suggests a place where people congregate and compete, a sort of meeting point in the Emirate of Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

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Europe

Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.

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Fasig-Tipton

The Fasig-Tipton Company, Inc. is an auction house for Thoroughbred horses founded in 1898.

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Florida

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

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Florida Derby

The Florida Derby is an American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old horses held annually at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Florida.

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Flower Bowl

Flower Bowl (1952–1968) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse and an outstanding broodmare.

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Forestry (horse)

Forestry (foaled May 9, 1996 in Kentucky) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse.

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Fountain of Youth Stakes

The Fountain of Youth Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Florida in late February.

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Graded stakes race

A graded stakes race is a thoroughbred horse race in the United States or Canada that meets the criteria of the American Graded Stakes Committee of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association (TOBA).

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Hand (unit)

The hand is a non-SI unit of measurement of length standardized to.

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His Majesty (horse)

His Majesty (April 17, 1968 – 1995) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse and Champion sire.

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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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Hyperion (horse)

Hyperion (18 April 1930 – 9 December 1960) was a British-bred Thoroughbred, a dual classic winner and an outstanding sire.

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Irish Derby

| The Irish Derby (Irish: Dearbaí na hÉireann) is a Group 1 flat horse race in Ireland open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies.

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Jeffrey Fell

Jeffrey J. Fell (born 1956 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada) is a retired jockey and a Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame inductee who was also a successful rider in the United States.

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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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John P. Campo

John P. Campo, Sr. (February 24, 1938 - November 14, 2005) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.

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Jorge Velásquez

Jorge Velásquez (born December 28, 1946 in Chepo, Panama) is a thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey.

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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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King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes

| The King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged three years or older.

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Lane's End Farm

Lane's End Farm is a Thoroughbred horse breeding farm in Versailles, Kentucky established in 1979.

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Marlboro Cup Invitational Handicap

The Marlboro Cup Invitational Handicap was a Thoroughbred horse race first run in September 1973 at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York.

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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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Pilgrim Stakes

The Pilgrim Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually since 1979 at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York.

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Pleasant Tap

Pleasant Tap (May 8, 1987 – October 8, 2010) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse and sire.

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Pleasantly Perfect

Pleasantly Perfect (born April 2, 1998 in Lexington, Kentucky) is a Thoroughbred racehorse who retired as the fourth richest American horse in career earnings.

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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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Princequillo

Princequillo (1940–1964) was a Thoroughbred racehorse conceived in France and born in Ireland.

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Remsen Stakes

The Remsen Stakes is an American Grade II race for Thoroughbred horse race run annually near the end of November at Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens, New York.

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Ribot (horse)

Ribot (February 27, 1952 – April 28, 1972) was a British-bred Italian-trained Thoroughbred racehorse who is one of the Timeform top-rated racehorses of all time. Undefeated in sixteen races, he won over all distances, from 5 furlongs (1,000m) to 1m 7f (3,000m) in three countries and on all types of track conditions. He was the best Italian two-year-old of 1954, when his three wins included the Gran Criterium. He won his first four races of 1955 in Italy before being sent to France where he won the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. In the following year he was even better, recording wide-margin victories in both the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes and the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. Ribot was then retired to stud where he proved to be a highly successful breeding stallion. The performances of Ribot's progeny saw him become the leading sire in Great Britain & Ireland on three occasions (1963, 1967, 1968).

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St Jovite

St Jovite (11 March 1989 – 9 January 2016) was an American bred, Irish-trained Thoroughbred racehorse bred and owned by Virginia Kraft Payson.

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Stallion

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

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Stephen Foster Handicap

The Stephen Foster Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race run in mid-June near the end of the Churchill Downs Spring Meet in Louisville, Kentucky.

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Summing

Summing (April 16, 1978 – October 10, 2008) was an American thoroughbred racehorse and sire.

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Tenerani

Tenerani (foaled April 14, 1944 in Italy) was a Champion Thoroughbred racehorse who raced in Italy and in England.

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The Green Monkey

The Green Monkey (foaled February 4, 2004 in Florida) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse.

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Thomas Mellon Evans

Thomas Mellon Evans (September 8, 1910 – July 17, 1997) was a financier who was one of the early corporate raiders in American business as well as a philanthropist and a prominent Thoroughbred racehorse owner and breeder who won the 1981 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes.

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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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Upperville, Virginia

Upperville is a small unincorporated town in Fauquier County, Virginia, United States, along U.S. Route 50 fifty miles from downtown Washington, D.C..

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Versailles, Kentucky

Versailles is a home rule-class city in Woodford County, Kentucky, United States and is located near Lexington.

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Wall Street

Wall Street is an eight-block-long street running roughly northwest to southeast from Broadway to South Street, at the East River, in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New York City.

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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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Woodward Stakes

The Woodward Stakes is an American Grade I stakes race and is one of the premier races for older thoroughbred horses in the United States.

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1981 Preakness Stakes

The 1981 Preakness Stakes was the 106th running of the $275,000 Grade 1 Preakness Stakes thoroughbred horse race.

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References

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

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