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Windfields Farm (Ontario)

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Windfields Farm was a six square kilometre (1,500 acre) thoroughbred horse breeding farm founded by businessman E. P. Taylor in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. [1]

54 relations: Acre, Archers Bay, Canada, Canadian Film Centre, Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society, Canadiana (horse), Charles P. B. Taylor, Chesapeake City, Maryland, Durham College, E. P. Taylor, Epsom Derby, Gordon J. McCann, Horatio Luro, Horse breeding, Horse racing, Horse trainer, Judith Mappin, Keeneland Sales, Kentucky Derby, Lexington, Kentucky, Macdonald Benson, Mare, McLaughlin Motor Car Company, National Sporting Library & Museum, New Providence (horse), Nijinsky (horse), Norman Jewison, North York, Northern Dancer, Ontario, Oshawa, Parkwood Stable, Preakness Stakes, Queen's Plate, Samuel McLaughlin, Sire, Stable, Stroke, Stud (animal), Stud farm, Taken (TV series), The Minstrel, Thoroughbred, Thoroughbred horse racing, Toronto, Toronto Star, Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, United States, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Vice Regent, ..., Victoria Park (horse), Weanling, Windfields, Windfields Farm (Maryland). Expand index (4 more) »

Acre

The acre is a unit of land area used in the imperial and US customary systems.

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Archers Bay

Archers Bay (1995–2002) was a Canadian Thoroughbred racehorse known for winning the first two legs of the 1998 Canadian Triple Crown.

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Canada

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

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Canadian Film Centre

The Canadian Film Centre (CFC) is a charitable organization in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, which operates an advanced film school training program for professionals in the Canadian film, television and digital media industries, including directors, producers, screenwriters, actors and musicians.

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Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society

The Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society (CTHS) is an organization headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada that was founded in 1906 to assist Thoroughbred horse breeders.

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Canadiana (horse)

Canadiana (1950–1971) was the first Canadian-bred racehorse to earn more than $100,000 Canadian.

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Charles P. B. Taylor

Charles Plunket Bourchier Taylor (1935 – July 8, 1997) was a Canadian journalist, author, essayist, and thoroughbred racehorse owner and breeder.

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Chesapeake City, Maryland

Chesapeake City is a town in Cecil County, Maryland, USA.

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Durham College

Durham College of Applied Arts and Technology is located in the Durham Region of Ontario, Canada, with campuses in Oshawa and Whitby, a learning site in Pickering, and community employment services in Uxbridge, Port Hope, Port Perry, Beaverton, Oshawa and Bowmanville.

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E. P. Taylor

Edward Plunket Taylor (January 29, 1901 – May 14, 1989) was a Canadian business tycoon, investor, and philanthropist.

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Epsom Derby

The Derby Stakes, officially the Investec Derby, popularly known as the Derby, is a Group 1 flat horse race in England open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies.

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Gordon J. McCann

Gordon J. "Pete" McCann (1908 – January 18, 2000) was a Canadian Thoroughbred horse trainer.

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Horatio Luro

Horatio A. Luro (February 27, 1901 - December 16, 1991) was a thoroughbred horse racing trainer in the United States.

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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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Horse trainer

A horse trainer is a person who tends to horses and teaches them different disciplines.

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Judith Mappin

Judith Mappin (born Judith Taylor in Toronto) was a Canadian businesswoman and philanthropist.

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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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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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Macdonald Benson

Macdonald "Mac" Benson (born June 30, 1930 in Wilmington, Delaware) is a Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame trainer.

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Mare

A mare is an adult female horse or other equine.

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McLaughlin Motor Car Company

The McLaughlin Motor Car Company Limited was a Canadian manufacturer of automobiles headquartered in Oshawa, Ontario.

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National Sporting Library & Museum

The National Sporting Library & Museum or NSLM (formerly the National Sporting Library) is a research library and art museum in Middleburg, Virginia.

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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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Nijinsky (horse)

Nijinsky (21 February 1967 – 15 April 1992), usually known in the United States as Nijinsky II, was a Canadian-bred, Irish-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and sire.

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Norman Jewison

Norman Frederick Jewison, CC, O.Ont (born July 21, 1926) is a Canadian film director, producer, actor, and founder of the Canadian Film Centre.

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North York

North York is an administrative area and former city in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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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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Ontario

Ontario is one of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada and is located in east-central Canada.

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Oshawa

Oshawa (2016 population 159,458; CMA 379,848) is a city in Ontario, Canada, on the Lake Ontario shoreline.

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Parkwood Stable

Parkwood Stable was a thoroughbred racing stable founded in the early 1930s and expanded to include a breeding farm near Toronto, Ontario in 1937.

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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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Queen's Plate

The Queen's Plate is Canada's oldest thoroughbred horse race, having been founded in 1860.

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Samuel McLaughlin

Colonel Robert Samuel McLaughlin, CC, ED, CD (September 8, 1871 – January 6, 1972) was a Canadian businessman and philanthropist.

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Sire

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

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Stable

A stable is a building in which livestock, especially horses, are kept.

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Stroke

A stroke is a medical condition in which poor blood flow to the brain results in cell death.

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Stud (animal)

A stud animal is a registered animal retained for breeding.

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Stud farm

A stud farm or stud in animal husbandry is an establishment for selective breeding of livestock.

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Taken (TV series)

Taken is a crime drama series based on the film trilogy of the same name.

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The Minstrel

The Minstrel (11 March 1974 – 3 September 1990) was a Canadian-bred, Irish-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and sire.

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Thoroughbred

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

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Thoroughbred horse racing

Thoroughbred horse racing is a worldwide sport and industry involving the racing of Thoroughbred horses.

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Toronto

Toronto is the capital city of the province of Ontario and the largest city in Canada by population, with 2,731,571 residents in 2016.

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Toronto Star

The Toronto Star is a Canadian broadsheet daily newspaper.

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Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing

The Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, often shortened to Triple Crown, comprises three races for three-year-old Thoroughbred horses.

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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 Ontario Institute of Technology

The University of Ontario Institute of Technology, commonly referred to as UOIT, is a public research university located in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada.

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Vice Regent

Vice Regent (1967–1995) was a Canadian Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse and Canada’s leading sire for thirteen years.

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Victoria Park (horse)

Victoria Park (1957–1985) was a Canadian Thoroughbred racehorse.

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Weanling

A weanling is an animal that has just been weaned.

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Windfields

Windfields (1943–1971) was a Canadian Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse who was the first stakes race winner bred by E. P. Taylor and for whom he named his world-famous Windfields Farm.

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Windfields Farm (Maryland)

Windfields Farm in Chesapeake City was Maryland's leading stud farm for Thoroughbred horses before it closed in 1988.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windfields_Farm_(Ontario)

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