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Thunder Gulch

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Thunder Gulch (May 23, 1992 – March 19, 2018) was a Champion American Thoroughbred racehorse best known for his wins in the Kentucky Derby and the Belmont Stakes in 1995, which earned him the title of U.S. Champion 3-Yr-Old Colt. [1]

59 relations: American Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse, American Horse of the Year, American Pharoah, Bayern (horse), Belmont Stakes, Boca Raton News, Breeders' Cup Classic, Charleston Gazette-Mail, Chestnut (coat), Cigar (horse), Circular Quay (horse), Coolmore Stud, D. Wayne Lukas, Eclipse Award, Florida Derby, Fountain of Youth Stakes, Gary Stevens (jockey), Graded stakes race, Gulch (horse), Horse racing, Jockey, Jockey Club Gold Cup, Kentucky Cup Classic Stakes, Kentucky Derby, Leading sire in North America, Limbs of the horse, Los Alamitos Derby, Michael Tabor, Mr. Prospector, Nashua (horse), Natalma, Native Dancer, Nearctic (horse), New Providence (horse), Northern Dancer, Peter M. Brant, Point Given, Preakness Stakes, Raise a Native, Remsen Stakes, Republic of Ireland, Shoot A Line, Shut Out (horse), Southeast Missourian, Spain (horse), Stallion, Star-Banner, Storm Bird, The New York Times, The Vindicator, ..., Thoroughbred, Timber Country, Todd Pletcher, Travers Stakes, Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing (United States), Twenty Grand, United States, Versailles, Kentucky, Whirlaway. Expand index (9 more) »

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 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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American Pharoah

American Pharoah (foaled February 2, 2012) is an American retired Thoroughbred racehorse who won the American Triple Crown and the Breeders' Cup Classic in 2015.

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Bayern (horse)

Bayern (foaled May 3, 2011) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse.

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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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Boca Raton News

The Boca Raton News, owned by the South Florida Media Company, was the local community newspaper of Boca Raton, Florida.

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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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Charleston Gazette-Mail

The Charleston Gazette-Mail is the only daily morning newspaper in Charleston, West Virginia.

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Chestnut (coat)

Chestnut is a hair coat color of horses consisting of a reddish-to-brown coat with a mane and tail the same or lighter in color than the coat.

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Cigar (horse)

Cigar (April 18, 1990 – October 7, 2014), was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who, in 1995 and 1996, became the first American racehorse racing against top-class competition to win 16 consecutive races since Triple Crown winner Citation did so in 1948 and 1950. Cigar retired as the leading money earner in Thoroughbred racing history and was later inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.

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Circular Quay (horse)

Circular Quay (foaled February 26, 2004 in Kentucky) is a thoroughbred racehorse who was a 2007 Kentucky Derby contender.

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Coolmore Stud

Coolmore Stud, in Fethard, County Tipperary in Ireland, is headquarters of the world's largest breeding operation of thoroughbred racehorses.

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D. Wayne Lukas

Darrell Wayne Lukas (born September 2, 1935 in Antigo, Wisconsin) is an American horse trainer and a U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee.

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Eclipse Award

The Eclipse Award is an American thoroughbred horse racing award named after the 18th century British racehorse and sire, Eclipse.

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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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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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Gary Stevens (jockey)

Gary Lynn Stevens (born March 6, 1963) is an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey, actor, and sports analyst.

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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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Gulch (horse)

Gulch (April 16, 1984 – January 17, 2016) was an American thoroughbred racehorse and sire. Owned and bred by Peter M. Brant, he was sired by the outstanding North American stud and graded stakes race winner Mr. Prospector out of the graded stakes race winning Rambunctious mare Jameela.

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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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Jockey

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

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Jockey Club Gold Cup

The Jockey Club Gold Cup, established in 1919, is a thoroughbred flat race open to horses of either gender three-years-old and up.

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Kentucky Cup Classic Stakes

The Kentucky Cup Classic Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in late September as part of Kentucky Cup Day at Turfway Park in the Cincinnati, Ohio suburb of Florence, 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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Leading sire in North America

The list below shows the leading sire of Thoroughbred racehorses in North America for each year since 1830.

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Limbs of the horse

The limbs of the horse are structures made of dozens of bones, joints, muscles, tendons and ligaments that support the weight of the equine body.

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Los Alamitos Derby

The Los Alamitos Derby (formerly the Swaps Stakes) is a race for Thoroughbred horses run annually at Los Alamitos Race Course in Los Alamitos, California.

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Michael Tabor

Michael Barry Tabor (born 28 October 1941) is a British businessman, bookmaker, gambler and owner of thoroughbred racehorses.

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Mr. Prospector

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Nashua (horse)

Nashua (April 14, 1952 – February 3, 1982) was an American-born thoroughbred racehorse, best remembered for a 1955 match race against Swaps, the horse that had defeated him in the Kentucky Derby.

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Natalma

Natalma (March 26, 1957 – January 29, 1985) was an American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse best known as the dam (mother) of the most important sire, and sire of sires, of the late 20th Century, Northern Dancer.

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Native Dancer

Native Dancer (March 27, 1950 – November 16, 1967), nicknamed the Grey Ghost, was one of the most celebrated and accomplished Thoroughbred racehorses in history and was the first horse made famous through the medium of television.

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Nearctic (horse)

Nearctic (February 11, 1954 – 27 July 1973) was a Canadian-bred Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse.

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New Providence (horse)

New Providence (1956–1981) is a Thoroughbred racehorse who in 1959 became the first official winner of the Canadian Triple Crown.

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Northern Dancer

Northern Dancer (May 27, 1961 – November 16, 1990) was a Canadian-bred Thoroughbred racehorse that won the 1964 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes and then became one of the most successful sires of the 20th century.

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Peter M. Brant

Peter M. Brant (born March 1, 1947) is an American industrialist, businessman, art collector and philanthropist.

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Point Given

Point Given (foaled March 27, 1998) is a Thoroughbred racehorse who was the 2001 American Horse of the Year.

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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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Raise a Native

Raise a Native (April 18, 1961 – July 28, 1988) was an undefeated Thoroughbred racehorse that was named 1963 champion two-year-old colt in the Turf and Sport Digest poll and was the highest rated juvenile in the Experimental Free Handicap.

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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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Republic of Ireland

Ireland (Éire), also known as the Republic of Ireland (Poblacht na hÉireann), is a sovereign state in north-western Europe occupying 26 of 32 counties of the island of Ireland.

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Shoot A Line

Shoot A Line (foaled 2 April 1977) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare.

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Shut Out (horse)

Shut Out (February 27, 1939 – April 23, 1964) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse.

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Southeast Missourian

The Southeast Missourian is a daily newspaper published in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States, and serves (as the name implies) the southeastern portion of Missouri.

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Spain (horse)

Spain (foaled 1997 in Kentucky) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse who retired as the most financially successful mare in North American racing history in her time.

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Stallion

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

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Star-Banner

The Star-Banner is the daily newspaper in Ocala, Florida, United States and serves Marion County and the surrounding communities.

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Storm Bird

Storm Bird (April 19, 1978 – December 3, 2004) was a Canadian-bred, Irish-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and sire.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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The Vindicator

The Vindicator, also known at times as the Youngstown Vindicator, is a daily newspaper serving Youngstown, Ohio, United States and the Mahoning County region as well as southern Trumbull County and northern Columbiana County.

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Thoroughbred

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

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Timber Country

Timber Country (foaled 1992 in Kentucky, died February 24, 2016) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who was the first horse to ever win the Breeders' Cup Juvenile then go on to win one of the U.S. Triple Crown races for three-year-olds.

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Todd Pletcher

Todd Pletcher (born June 26, 1967 in Dallas, Texas) is an American thoroughbred horse trainer.

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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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Twenty Grand

Twenty Grand (1928–1948) was an American thoroughbred race horse.

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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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Versailles, Kentucky

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

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Whirlaway

Whirlaway (April 2, 1938 – April 6, 1953) was an American champion thoroughbred racehorse.

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References

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

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